"Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to."

Thought, Man, Misfortune

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"Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to."

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"I've always thought of myself as a reporter."

Gwendolyn Brooks, American Poet

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"Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Thought, Action, Theory

"Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal."

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist

Thought, Deep

"To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost."

Barbara Tuchman, American Historian

Thought, Thoughts, Order, Sin

"As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Thought, Knowledge, Disorder, May

"I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

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"I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic'."

Thomas Huxley, English Scientist

Thought,

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

George Eliot, British Author

Thought, Sun

"A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

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"Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content."

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"In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well."

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"God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly."

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"Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business."

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"Power without abuse loses its charm."

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"I've always thought of myself as a reporter."

"Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory."

"Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal."

"To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost."

"As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself."

"I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in."

"I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic'."

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

"A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything."

"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."

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"Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content."

"In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well."

"God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly."

"A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts."

"Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken."

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."

"Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious."

"History is the science of things which are not repeated."

"Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business."

"Power without abuse loses its charm."