Quotes about Thought

What influences, directs, or determines, the mind or will, to such a conclusion or choice as it does form?

The most determining external influence on his style was unquestionably the old, so-called King James version of the English Bible. His language is saturated with its thought and phraseology. And as he is intimately acquainted with it in all its parts, so he is continually quoting it and constantly surprising us with fresh discoveries, in novel collocations, of its variety, beauty and impressiveness.

choice.—The question is, What influences, directs, or determines the mind or Will to come to such a conclusion or choice as it does?

Television is a performance, but apps actually reflect thought processes.

Reflection makes men cowards.

After a lifetime of deep thought, I've decided that life is a distraction, but probably not from anything important.

Christian Science explains all cause and effect as mental, not physical.

I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty.

Father in Heaven! When the thought of thee wakes in our hearts let it not awaken like a frightened bird that flies about in dismay, but like a child waking from its sleep with a heavenly smile.

Our future depends upon our appreciation of the reality of the inner life, of the splendor of thought, of the dignity of wonder and reverence. This is the most important thought: God has a stake in the life of man, of every man. But this idea cannot be imposed from without; it must be discovered by every man; it cannot be preached, it must be experienced.

Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains.

The freedom to think involves the courage to stumble upon our demons.