"A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it."

Thought, Action, Man, State

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"Each "way of thinking" has its own shape and color, which wax and wane like the moon."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, or the heavens without their azure."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology."

Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher

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"Yeah, but what if you went back and killed your own grandfather?"He stared at me, baffled. "Why the fuck would you do that?"

Stephen King, American Author

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"Knowledge is life."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

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"He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow."

George Eliot, British Author

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"Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish."

Hermann Hesse, German Novelist

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"Knowledge is truth."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"The thoughts that arise because of 'depression' or 'elevation' are all wrong thoughts. The thoughts that arise in 'normality' are 'correct'."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"Each "way of thinking" has its own shape and color, which wax and wane like the moon."

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"Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology."

"Yeah, but what if you went back and killed your own grandfather?"He stared at me, baffled. "Why the fuck would you do that?"

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"I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system."

"He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow."

"Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish."

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