Quotes about Thought

Achievement, of whatever kind, is the crown of effort, the diadem of thought. By the aid of self-control, resolution, purity, righteousness, and well-directed thought a man ascends; by the aid of animality, indolence, impurity, corruption, and confusion of thought a man descends.

Blessedness, not material possessions, is the measure of right thought; wretchedness, not lack of material possessions, is the measure of wrong thought.

Thought and character are one, and as character can only manifest and discover itself through environment and circumstance, the outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state.

you are the master of your thought, the molder of your character, and the maker and shaper of your condition, environment, and destiny.

If one endure In purity of thought, joy follows him As his own shadow—sure.

Self-control is strength; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is power.

Self-manage is power; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is strength. Say unto your heart, Peace, be nonetheless!

Man is made or unmade via himself; within the armoury of thought he forges the weapons via which he destroys himself; he additionally models the gear with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of pleasure and power and peace.

It is a common error to suppose that the Higher Life is a matter of reading, and the adoption of theological or metaphysical hypotheses, and that Spiritual Principles can be understood by this method. The Higher Life is higher living in thought, word, and deed, and the knowledge of those Spiritual Principles which are imminent in man and in the universe can only be acquired after long discipline in the pursuit and practice of Virtue.

UNTIL thought is linked with purpose there is no intelligent accomplishment. With

The right control of the tongue is the beginning of wisdom; the right control of the mind is the consummation of wisdom. By curbing his tongue a man gains possession of his mind, and to have complete possession of one's mind is to be a Master of Silence.

Intellectual achievements are the result of thought con- secrated to the search for knowledge or for the beauti- ful and true in nature. Such achievements may some- times be connected with vanity and ambition, but they are not the outcome of those characteristics. They are the natural outgrowth of long and arduous effort, and of pure and unselfish thoughts.