Thoughts are forces.
—Ralph Waldo Trine (1866–1958) American Mystic, Philosopher
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed. The entire universe need not arm itself to crush him. A vapour, a drop of water suffices to kill him. But, if the Universe were to crush him, man would still be more noble than that which killed him, because he knows that he dies and the advantage which the universe has over him; the universe knows nothing of this.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
To know the true reality of yourself, you must be aware not only of your conscious thoughts, but also of your unconscious prejudices, bias and habits.
—Unknown
Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don’t bite everybody.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) Polish Aphorist, Poet
No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don’t let go of my thoughts?—I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.
—Soren Kierkegaard (1813–55) Danish Philosopher, Theologian
We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving.
—Jose Ortega y. Gasset (1883–1955) Spanish Critic, Journalist, Philosopher
If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
I have discovered that in every language and every country I have visited, there are no new stories. They’re all recycled. The same stressful thoughts arise in each mind one way or another, sooner or later.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) American Poet
Man is what he believes.
—Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian Short-Story Writer
Some people study all their life, and at their death they have learned everything except to think.
—Francois-Urbain Domergue (1745–1810) French Grammarian, Journalist
Thinking is not to agree or disagree. That is voting.
—Robert Frost (1874–1963) American Poet
Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear may impede your progress. Remind yourself, as often as necessary, that you are a creature of God and have the power to achieve any dream by lifting up your thoughts. You can fly when you decide that you can. Never consider yourself defeated again. Let the vision in your heart be in your life’s blueprint. Smile!
—Og Mandino (1923–96) American Self-Help Author
You become what you think about all day long.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
You are a living magnet. What you attract into your life is in harmony with your dominant thoughts.
—Brian Tracy (b.1944) American Author, Motivational Speaker
The reason there are so few good talkers in public is that there are so few thinkers in private.
—Indian Proverb
Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.
—Henri Frederic Amiel (1821–81) Swiss Moral Philosopher, Poet, Critic
Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own contemplation.
—John Jay Chapman (1862–1933) American Literary Critic, Essayist
Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
No man can ever be greater than his loftiest thoughts.
—Indian Proverb
As the Fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
—Buddhist Teaching
Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and of the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep.
—Chinese Proverb
We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
Thoughts lead to feelings. Feelings lead to actions. Actions leads to results.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
If a man sits down to think, he is immediately asked if has a headache.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
The law of the harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
—George Boardman the Younger (1828–1903) American Clergyman, Author
Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English Humanist, Pacifist, Satirist, Short Story Writer
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