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Learning without thought is labor lost.
Learning without thought is labor lost.
When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.
When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.
What we think, we become.
What we think, we become.
Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all
others, is it not the arrival read more
Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all
others, is it not the arrival of a Thinker in the world?
First thoughts are not always the best.
[It., Sempre il miglior non e il parer primiero.]
First thoughts are not always the best.
[It., Sempre il miglior non e il parer primiero.]
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it.
Second thoughts are best as read more
Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it.
Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in
errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt)
sapientiores solent esse.]
Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.
Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.
It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, read more
It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, theres no knowing where you might be swept off to.