1,572 Quotes About Thought

You will agree that such is often the way with matters one has given abiding thought to over a period of time; one is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event.

To have dispassion for worldly life (vairaag) is in fact the (result of) pondering over worldly life; analyzing it deeply immediately results in aversion (for worldly life).

The fear that, 'What will people think?' should not be given a platform. It is better to keep your own room clean instead. The moment a thought worthy of worldly criticism arises, wash it off and clear it.

Why, human thought is a real element, a real force, darting out like electricity from every man's or woman's mind, injuring or relieving, killing or curing, building fortunes or tearing them down, working for good or ill, every moment, night or day, asleep or awake, carving, moulding and shaping people's faces and making them ugly or agreeable.

Most sentimental ideas imply, at bottom, a deep if unacknowledged disrespect.

Bears find themselves at the spot where two deep-seated but contradictory human impulses collide: the desire to feel protected from unforeseeable danger and the longing for unspoiled nature.

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Monsieur Beulier never engaged in thought except to speak the truth, and never spoke except to express his thought.

The Providence granted me with the ability to think, and thinking unveiled to me that, sadly, there was no providence.