Quotes About Thought

In spite of all the refinements of civilization that conspired to make art—the dizzying perfection of the string quartet or the sprawling grandeur of Fragonard's canvases—beauty was savage. It was as dangerous and lawless as the earth had been eons before man had one single coherent thought in his head or wrote codes of conduct on tablets of clay. Beauty was a Savage Garden.

He wanted to see stars above, to be reminded that this earth was no more than an ember in the blaze of never-ending galaxies, a thought that always, somehow, comforted him. Strange that it did not do this for others. The vastness of the universe brought him closer to faith in a God.

Who were the men who did this? Guido demanded suddenly. Tonio was putting on his cloak. He looked up as if already in deep thought. Fools, he answered, at the command of a coward.

Who were the men who did this? Guido demanded suddenly. Tonio was putting on his cloack. He looked up as if already in deep thought. Fools, he answered, at the command of a coward. page 139

I thought dreamily of that supper when he had come upon me so stealthily and stared at me with such innocent and inquisitive eyes.

I heard the mortal voices around as if they were kisses. I thought: You are among them, it is truly as if you were one of them. It is truly as if you are alive.

I think the Elders thought in their venerable minds, and God knows, I don't know their venerable minds, that the Declaration would bring certain of our members back to us who had been inducted into your ranks.

Great secrets I sometimes wrote in Greek rather than Latin, but even in Greek. I could not say all the I thought.

he thought of dying as a kind of adventure, something new that he hadn't yet experienced. Like an unusual vacation trip.

Who would have thought," the witch had asked, "that a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness?

If you ask a twenty-one-year-old poet whose poetry he likes, he might say, unblushing, Nobody's, In his youth, he has not yet understood that poets like poetry, and novelists like novels; he himself likes only the role, the thought of himself in a hat.

The interior life is often stupid.

Al hacerte perfecto, tu aspecto no es lo único que cambia —concluyó Tally. —No —convino David—. También lo hace tu pensamiento.

She imagines herself as the long-dead Descartes, staring into his fireplace and building a world in his own mind.

Maybe they're not as mindless as we thought, or so dedicated to turning every last human into one of them. Like Kalyn says, they were just bored, waiting for something better to happen. And that better thing is us.

Bob, ihtiÅŸam?n, geçmiÅŸin as?ls?z gurur ve önyarg?s?na ödlekçe ve hiç düÅŸünmeden sar?l?rken, aÅŸk? edebiyetten topyekün ayr? düÅŸürmüÅŸ Bat? insan?ndan ziyade, DoÄŸululara ve köylü tak?m?na daha yak???r bir haz olduÄŸuna inan?yordu.

The eternal argument over so-called entitlement programs—and, more broadly, over liberal and conservative thought—will never be resolved because each side represents an ancient and absolutely essential component of our evolutionary past.

His only solace and support was in the thought of that other man who had also tasted fear and trembling. And then there was joy in the thought that he was not alone.

Tuhan menciptakan segala sesuatu untuk kebaikan. Dan untuk kebaikan ini pula dia menganugerahkan kepada manusia kemampuan berpikir; tapi kita manusia kadang-kadang menggunakan kemampuan diskriminasi ini secara keliru. Inilah kejahatan.

She [Catherine] walked through the stunned group in a haze of delight. Before all these people, her father had praised her. Not for docility or embroidery or music, but for the one quality she had thought he despised, her clarity of thought. Was it possible that he was proud of her?

To imagine the way we think is the singular causative agent of all we go through is to practice cruelty toward ourselves.

I have often watched in fascination the leaps and bounds of her mind as, starting from the banks of uncomfortable facts, she reaches the safety of easier-tolive-with invention.

Hinduism is 'not a definite dogmatic creed, but a vast, complex, but subtly unified mass of spiritual thought and realization.

Want to come back to the morgue with me after lunch? (Tate) I shudder at the thought of the pickup line you must have used the night you met LaShonda. Come with me, baby, and see my collection of stiffs. (Simone)