Quotes About Thoughts

Por qué no tendemos al hombre sin ideales sobre nuestra mesa de autopsias, hasta saber qué es, cómo es, qué hace, qué piensa, para qué sirve?

La tolerancia de los ideales ajenos es virtud suprema en los que piensan.

It is the duty of all who make philosophy the entertainment of their lives, to turn their thoughts to practical schemes for the good of society, and not pass away their time in fruitless searches, which tend rather to the ostentation of knowledge than the service of life.

Cato Lose not a thought on me, I'm out of danger. Heaven will not leave me in the victor's hand. Caesar shall never say, I conquered Cato. But, oh! my friends, your safety fills my heart With anxious thoughts: a thousand secret terrors 115 Rise in my soul: how shall I save my friends! 'Tis now, O Caesar, I begin to fear thee.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love.

Of all the inanimate objects, of all men's creations, books are the nearest to us for they contain our very thoughts, our ambitions, our indignations, our illusions, our fidelity to the truth, and our persistent leanings to error. But most of all they resemble us in their precious hold on life.

consciousness is a self-narrative

We're a compulsive but amiable crew, those of us who feel, or have felt, the compulsion to re-record the bright thoughts of other men and women.

We who are quotatious are never truly alone, but always hear the cheerful flow of remarks made by dead writers so much more intelligent than we.

The acquisition of culture requires repose, sitting quietly in a room with a book, or alone with one's thoughts even any crowded concert or art museum.

As to her professional future, though, she thought she might retire soon. Just like Celsus Crogher had. Go live somewhere relatively peaceful. Beirut, maybe.

For the young man from Moscow whose head was filled with thoughts of the beautiful and sublime, the moral mediocrity of his comrade came as a withering disillusionment. And if he had been out raged by the incident of the government courier, one can well imagine his horror of the savagery of the upper classes toward all those to whom they stood in a position of authority.

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

Without the steadiness of concentration, it is easy to get caught up in the feelings, perceptions, and thoughts as they arise. We take them to be self and get carried away by trains of association and reactivity.

Most people believe that we are the thoughts that come through our mind. I hope not, because if we are, we are in big trouble! Those thoughts coming through have clearly been conditioned by something: by different events in our childhood, our environment, our past lives, or even some occurrence that has happened two minutes before.

whatever we frequently think of and ponder, that will become the inclination of our minds.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas. 102

Cercando la parola si trovano i pensieri.

254. The mind is its own place, and in it self / Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.

In order to eliminate negative emotions and avoidance and secure enduring therapeutic changes, Beck argues that it is necessary to identify and evaluate the maladaptive beliefs (some of which are unconscious) and replace them with more realistic thought patterns, which will result in healthier thinking, behaviors, and feelings.46

I will love you like no other for I have died a thousand tiny deaths and everytime I died I thought of you.

As a person thinks, feels, and believes, so is the condition of his or her mind, body, and circumstances.

Your conscious mind is the captain and the master of your ship, which represents your body, environment, and all your affairs.