We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

He thought how sad it was to be an Animal who had never had a bunch of violets picked for him.

A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings — always darker, emptier and simpler.

I lost somebody who I thought was my eternal love … When he died I felt we’d had a marriage

But sleep? On a night like this? What an idea! Just think of how many thoughts a blanket smothers while one lies alone in bed, and how many unhappy dreams it keeps warm.

Just think how many thoughts a blanket smothers while one lies alone in bed, and how many unhappy dreams it keeps warm.

I thought I was bulletproof or Superman there for a while. I thought I’d never run out of nerve. Never

It’s silly not to hope. It’s a sin he thought.

Every thought derives from a thwarted sensation.

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one’s entire life, perhaps it would be ‘thoughtfulness.

I loved the fact that Obama is multi-racial. I thought that was terrific, as my wife is the same racial make-up.

The moment you say that any idea system is sacred, whether it’s a religious belief system or a secular ideology, the moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible

At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that a great feeling of love guides a true revolutionary. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.

The nights I don’t sleep it’s because there’s a higher calling telling me to stand guard.

I think the power of the mind is amazing, and we’ve barely scratched the surface of what it can do.

I usually have a song in my head. I’m thinking music, I’m thinking lyrics. Music helps me get to those moments. The moments between the moments.

I’ve spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold.

I think I have a duty as a recovering guy to help, to make my knowledge of what I went through accessible.

I feel I am privileged to express hope. The hope is this: that we shall have peace throughout the world, that we shall abolish wars and settle all international differences at the conference table, and that we shall abolish all atom and hydrogen bombs before they abolish us. The future of the modern world demands modern thinking. Therefore, let us use the full force of our intelligence instead of obsolete homicidal methods in settling our international differences.

If we hold this thought, work with this thought, and live with this thought, it will generate a spirit that will increase our energy and quicken our drive

Though you have changed a thousand times, He has not changed once.

Fortunately, God made all varieties of people with a wide variety of interests and abilities. He has called people of every race and color who have been hurt by life in every manner imaginable. Even the scars of past abuse and injury can be the means of bringing healing to another. What wonderful opportunities to make disciples!

If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.

I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But as much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking.

Plants were bound for good or ill to their places. They expressed not only beauty, but also the thoughts of God’s world, with an intent of their own and without deviation

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge

The wrong we have done, thought, or intended will wreak its vengeance on our souls

We meet ourselves time and again in a thousand disguises on the path of life.

The appropriation of public money always is perfectly lovely until someone is asked to pay the bill. If we are to have a billion dollars of navy, half a billion of farm relief, the people will have to furnish more revenue by paying more taxes. It is for them, through their Congress, to decide how far they wish to go.

There’s more, much more, to Christmas than candlelight and cheer. It’s the spirit of sweet friendship that brightens all year. It’s thoughtfulness and kindness. It’s hope reborn again, for peace, for understanding, and for goodwill to men

You are a seeker. Delight in the mastery of your hands and your feet, of your words and your thoughts.

Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts!

You may have noticed that the books you really love are bound together by a secret thread. You know very well what is the common quality that makes you love them, though you cannot put it into words

Let all-embracing thoughts for all beings be yours.

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.

Because one does not want to be disturbed, to be made uncertain, he establishes a pattern of conduct, of thought, a pattern of relationship to man etc. Then he becomes a slave to the pattern and takes the pattern to be the real thing

The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow

No, woman, no cry.

It’s like my whole life never happened, When I see you, it’s as if I never had a thought. I know this dream, it might be crazy, But it’s the only one I’ve got.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.

Trust yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks

You have to think outside the box.

People say sometimes that beauty is only superficial. That may be so, but at least it is not so superficial as thought is. To me, beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.

If you are affronted it is better to pass it by in silence, or with a jest, though with some dishonor, than to endeavor revenge. If you can keep reason above passion, that and watchfulness will be your best defenders.