thought Quotes

The true value of life comes from being aware and thinking deeply, not just surviving.

Man first begins to philosophize when the necessities of life are supplied.

To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

“As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.”

You will find peace from pointless thoughts if you act in life as if each action is your last.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

Think as the wise men think, but talk like the simple people do.

Imagination is a sort of faint perception.

We have no evidence as yet about mind or the power to think; it seems to be a widely different kind of soul, differing as what is eternal from what is perishable; it alone is capable of existence in isolation... ...

“Thought is the strongest thing we have.”

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of... ...

[I]t is rather the case that we desire something because we believe it to be good than that we believe a thing to be good because we desire it. It is the thought that starts things off.