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Quotes About Thought

She whispered Yes before she even thought.
~ Margaret Mitchell
I have been thinking-- He chuckled. Always a dangerous thing for a woman to do, he said.
~ Margaret Peterson Haddix
Sweet, Dan thought. This is actually poetry I understand right away. And something that will be fun to do! Shakespeare was asking them to dig up his grave.
~ Margaret Peterson Haddix
A 'why' is a dangerous thing," said Haplo. "It challenges old, comfortable ways; forces people to think about what they do instead of just mindlessly doing it. No wonder your people are afraid of it." "I think the danger is not so much in asking the 'why' as in believing you have come up with the only answer," said Alfred, seeming almost to be talking to himself.
~ Margaret Weis
Écrire, c'est aussi ne pas parler. C'est se taire. C'est parler sans bruit.
~ Marguerite Duras
The deconstruction of belief. Piece by piece. The only way to manage loss is to withdraw, thought by thought, giving the retreat a framework and a purpose. A set of rites. A clear recessional. Leaving the sanctuary intact.
~ Marguerite Poland
This Second Century appeals to me because it was the last century, for a very long period of time, in which men could think and express themselves with full freedom. As for us, we are perhaps already very far from such times as that.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
Un hombre que lee, que piensa o que calcula, pertenece a la especie y no al sexo; en sus mejores momentos llega a escapar de lo humano.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
L'ipocrisia degli uomini? Non esageriamola. La maggior parte pensa troppo poco per pensare doppio.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
Ignoraba que el asco es una de las formas de la obsesión y que, si deseamos algo, es más fácil pensar en ello con asco que no pensar.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
I'm seized by sudden horrible fear – the thought of living without carbs is terrifying.
~ Marian Keyes
Isabel sends her brother a look that could boil him in oil if she had that particular paranormal talent. A thought hits me: maybe she has. It will be fun to find out.
~ Marianne Curley
Maar wie denkt, zal niets ervaren, dat is bekend. Onze zintuigen laten zich net commanderen. De beleving is er alleen voor degene die in staat is te zijn als een kind, hier, op dit moment, open en zonder verwachtingen.
~ Marianne Fredriksson
Thought is Cause; experience is Effect. If you don't like the effects in your life, you have to change the nature of your thinking.
~ Marianne Williamson
The most powerful thought is a prayerful thought. When I'm praying for you, I am praying for my own peace of mind. I can only have for myself what I am willing to wish for you.
~ Marianne Williamson
The Course teaches that the Holy Spirit was created in the moment when the first fearful thought was thought. As perfect love, God corrects all mistakes the moment they occur. He couldn't force us back to love, because love doesn't force. It does, however, create alternatives. The Holy Spirit is God's alternative to fear.
~ Marianne Williamson
Jesus lived within this world of fear, and perceived only love. Every action, every word, every thought was guided by the Holy Spirit instead of the ego. He was a thoroughly purified being. To think about him is to think about, and so to call forth, the perfect love inside ourselves.
~ Marianne Williamson
Consider the possibility now that anything could happen. I'm not asking you to believe this, but only to consider that it might be true. Simply thinking this thought—that miracles are possible—does more to pave the way for your healing than you can imagine. It opens the door to a realm of infinite possibilities, regardless of what you have been through or what you are going through now. The
~ Marianne Williamson
ancient thought forms of oppression and domination have reappeared among us. And we, like generations before us, are called upon to respond.
~ Marianne Williamson
ancient thought forms of oppression and domination have reappeared among us.
~ Marianne Williamson
Think honestly what you have thought that God would not have thought, and what you have not thought that God would have you think.
~ Marianne Williamson
The cognitive dissonance is painful.
~ Marianne Williamson
It wasn't night, it was simply darkness, with me in the middle hoping all the while that time was carrying on flowing, that something would crop up, me all alone in the middle, with my veins and my muscles dissolving rapidly into nothingness, me made of molecules of flesh and thought, dispersing in a cloud (a process of expansion as sudden as that of the room, a nebula of bedroom and me, between limits that grew dimmer by the moment).
~ Marie Darrieussecq
The locus of the human mystery is perception of this world. From it proceeds every thought, every art.
~ Marilynne Robinson