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Great thoughts, like great deeds, need
No trumpet.
Great thoughts, like great deeds, need
No trumpet.
I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.
I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.
When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, read more
When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.
A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from read more
A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.
We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.
We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.
Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.
Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.
Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!
Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!
It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.
It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.
