"Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists."

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"I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is."

Eddie Van Halen, Dutch Musician

Thought, Direction, Trying

"Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?"

Joan Didion, American Author

Thought, Writing

"While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced."

John B. S. Haldane, British Scientist

Thought, Belief, Humanity, Martyrs

"I thought people would ask me really personal questions because I've shown more of myself, but it's a comedy, and people understand that it's a game we play."

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

Thought, People, Comedy, Play

"My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and the thought of his own."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Thought, Emotion, Opinion

"When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow, slow, slow."

Emil Zatopek, Czechoslovakian Athlete

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"All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter."

Sai Baba, Indian Leader

Thought, Action, Thoughts, Results

"The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Thought, Thoughts, Evil

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

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Thought, Mind, Change, Perception

"I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal."

George Stevens, American Director

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"Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves."

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"Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven."

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"Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies."

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"I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is."

"Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?"

"While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced."

"I thought people would ask me really personal questions because I've shown more of myself, but it's a comedy, and people understand that it's a game we play."

"My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and the thought of his own."

"When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow, slow, slow."

"All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter."

"The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them."

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

"I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal."

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"Society lives by faith, and develops by science."

"The only substance properly so called is the soul."

"Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion."

"Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves."

"Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven."

"Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies."

"There is no respect for others without humility in one's self."

"Uncertainty is the refuge of hope."

"Order is power."

"To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song."