Quotes About Thought

The mind can also be an erogenous zone.

When actors begin to think, it is time for a change. They are not fitted for it.

From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.

The men who act stand nearer to the mass of man than the men who write; and it is in their hands that new thought gets its translation into the crude language of deeds.

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.

Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.

It is not death we fear, but the thought of it.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

Banality is a terribly likely consequence of the underuse of a good mind.

Man is the only animal that can be bored.

The mind of the most logical thinker goes so easily from one point to another that it is not hard to mistake motion for progress.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action.

The only man who can change his mind is the man who's got one.

Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.

A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind.

Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or triple our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved.

The average man's opinions are much less foolish than they would be if he thought for himself.

False conclusions which have been reasoned out are infinitely worse than blind impulse.

He who reflects too much will achieve little.

The mania of thinking renders one unfit for every activity.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Disease is an experience of so-called mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body.

If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.