“The burning of rebellious thoughts in the little breast, of internal hatred and opposition, could not long go on without slight whiffs of external smoke, such as mark the course of subterranean fire”
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“The burning of rebellious thoughts in the little breast, of internal hatred and opposition, could not long go on without slight whiffs of external smoke, such as mark the course of subterranean fire”
“The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed; the thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, whose charms were broken if revealed”
“The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration”
“We have to be creative and think of ways to make the airport more than just an airport. We need to think of ways to make it an economic-development hub”
“Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years and more”
“A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought”
“Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth”
“To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal”
“To endeavor to forget anyone is a certain way of thinking of nothing else”
“Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think ”
“However many blessings we expect from God, his infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts”
“Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life”
“All that a man does outwardly is but the expression and completion of his inward thought. To work effectively, he must think clearly; to act nobly, he must think nobly”
“Ideas are the mightiest influence on earth. One great thought breathed into a man may regenerate him”
“It is better to plan less and do more”
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder”
“How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win”
“The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts”
“How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.”
“People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they seldom use”