E'er cross'd the dear child's thoughts.
E'er cross'd the dear child's thoughts.
Few have at once both thought and capacity for action. Thought expands, but lames action animates, but narrows.
If any man wishes to write a clear style, let him first be clear in his thoughts.
Not at home;
She's then, thought I.
I sometimes wonder whether our planet is the asylum of the universe for disordered minds.
Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterances of the creative mind, and is as various as nature herself.
HOPE provides wings to thought, and love to hope.
Rejoice that you have still have a long time to live, before the thought comes to you that there is nothing more in the world to see.
My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits.
All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.
What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.
Whoever makes it a rule to test action by thought, thought by action, cannot falter, and if he does, will soon find his way back to the right road.
Whether a person shows themselves to be a genius in science or in writing a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, or the deed, is living and can live on.
Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.
Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.
Thought, hope, and love remain there as before,
Till Cynthia gleams upon me as of old.
Lose this day loitering, twill be the same story Tomorrow, and the rest more dilatory Thus, indecision brings its own delays And days are lost lamenting over days, Are you in earnest Seize this very moment What you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Courage has genius, power and magic in it Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin it and the work will be completed.
Thought expands, but paralyzes action animates, but narrows.
The mind is found most acute and most uneasy in the morning. Uneasiness is, indeed, a species of sagacity a passive sagacity. Fools are never uneasy.
Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
E'en that I should not mind.
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
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