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Power of thought10 quotes
Thought is only a gleam in the midst of a long night. But it is this gleam which is everything. — Henri Poincare · 1905My diving bell becomes less oppressive, and my mind takes flight like a butterfly. There is so much to do. You can wander off in space or in time, set out for Tierra del Fuego or for King Midas's court. You can visit the woman you love, slide down beside her and stroke her still-sleeping face. — Jean-Dominique Bauby · 1997The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. — John Milton · 1667O, who can hold a fire in his hand
By thinking on the frosty Caucasus?
Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast?
Or wallow naked in December snow
By thinking on fantastic summer’s heat? — William Shakespeare · 1595Not in the clamor of the crowded street,
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng,
But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1878Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. — William James · 1896All 10 quotes →Thoughts4 quotes
O, who can hold a fire in his hand
By thinking on the frosty Caucasus?
Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast?
Or wallow naked in December snow
By thinking on fantastic summer’s heat? — William Shakespeare · 1595Not in the clamor of the crowded street,
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng,
But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1878There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. — William Shakespeare · 1616A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. — Mahatma Gandhi · 1922Beliefs2 quotes
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. — William James · 1896We can act as if there were a God; feel as if we were free; consider Nature as if she were full of special designs; lay plans as if we were to be immortal; and we find then that these words do make a genuine difference in our moral life. — William James · 1902Imagination2 quotes
My diving bell becomes less oppressive, and my mind takes flight like a butterfly. There is so much to do. You can wander off in space or in time, set out for Tierra del Fuego or for King Midas's court. You can visit the woman you love, slide down beside her and stroke her still-sleeping face. — Jean-Dominique Bauby · 1997O, who can hold a fire in his hand
By thinking on the frosty Caucasus?
Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast?
Or wallow naked in December snow
By thinking on fantastic summer’s heat? — William Shakespeare · 1595Attitude and mindset1 quote
No man is happy who does not think himself so. — Publilius Syrus · 43 BCInner life1 quote
Not in the clamor of the crowded street,
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng,
But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1878Mind over matter1 quote
A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. — Mahatma Gandhi · 1922Moral relativism1 quote
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. — William Shakespeare · 1616Moral theory1 quote
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. — William Shakespeare · 1616Morality1 quote
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. — William Shakespeare · 1616Perspective1 quote
The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. — John Milton · 1667Society and the individual1 quote
Not in the clamor of the crowded street,
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng,
But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1878The mind1 quote
The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. — John Milton · 1667