Dream, Dream, Dream, Dreams transform into thoughts And thoughts result in action.
The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have, and therefore should be secured, because they seldom return again.
If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
You could attach prices to thoughts. Some cost a lot, some a little. And how does one pay for thoughts? The answer, I think, is: with courage.[Man könnte Gedanken Preise anheften. Manche kosten viel, manche wenig. Und womit zahlt man für Gedanken? Ich glaube: mit Mut.]
Yet I doubt not thro’ the ages one increasing purpose runs, and the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.
We only believe in those thoughts which have been conceived not in the brain but in the whole body.
Think about how our thoughts will impact the listener BEFORE they come out of our mouth.
There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them, or above each other – by language, which is the parent, and not the child, of thought.
