Quotes about Thought

Silence is the unbearable repartee.

Thought is the labour of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Thought is the strongest thing we have. Work done by true and profound thought - that is a real force.

Violence is essentially wordless, and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down.

The mere thought of looking out the window at Mexico—which was now something else in my mind—was like recoiling from some gloriously riddled glittering treasure-box that you're afraid to look at because of your eyes, they bend inward, the riches and the treasures are too much to take all at once.

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Those who pray always are necessary to those who never pray. In our view, the whole question is in the amount of thought that is mingled with prayer.

It's best for a man to be thought a fool instead of opening his mouth and removing all doubt.

'Amusement' is appealing because we don't have to think; it spares us the fear and anxiety that might otherwise prey on our thoughts.

Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.

What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way.

Man's thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God's thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God's purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.