"No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous."

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"No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous."

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

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"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."

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

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"A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"An outree explanation, violating all our preconceptions, would never pass for a true account of a novelty. We should scratch round industriously till we found something less excentric."

William James, American Philosopher

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"I mostly liked the thought which was said in the film Person of Interest "If you think that chess is the life, you must lose", incrediable thought. With this though you can reach a position when you can say all people are different or probably further. But the question is how much further can you reach?"

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"A man thinking or working will always be alone, let him be where he will."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

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"Thought is actually something that is dead, it is not a living thing. If 'oneself' gets engrossed in what is dead, then it will become alive."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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

"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."

"A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations."

"An outree explanation, violating all our preconceptions, would never pass for a true account of a novelty. We should scratch round industriously till we found something less excentric."

"A man thinking or working will always be alone, let him be where he will."

"Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed."

"Thought is actually something that is dead, it is not a living thing. If 'oneself' gets engrossed in what is dead, then it will become alive."

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"No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous."