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Religious literature2 quotes
The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. — John Milton · 1667A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. — Mahatma Gandhi · 1922Epic poem1 quote
The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. — John Milton · 1667History (play)1 quote
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 · 1595Psychological literature1 quote
We 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 · 1902Scientific literature1 quote
Thought is only a gleam in the midst of a long night. But it is this gleam which is everything. — Henri Poincare · 1905Tragedy (play)1 quote
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. — William Shakespeare · 1616