Thinking Quotes - Page 18

• ... the greatest menace to our capacity for contemplation is the incessant fabrication of tawdry empty stimuli which kill the receptivity of the soul.

  Josef Pieper

  Philosophy, Soul, Mind

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• She live in a mindset that I could never move to

  Drake

  Change, Moving, Humble

  Song: Houstatlantavegas, Album: So Far Gone, 2009

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• I've always considered myself a failure: I feel I've never done anything wholly right. [...] Everybody will tell you, "Oh no, how can you say that, because ten thousand people clap you on a night?" But part of that is reflex action and part of it is because you're reasonably good. But if you're great, that's a different thing.

  Ronnie Drew

  Failure, Night, People

  "Ronnie". Book by Ronnie Drew, September 3, 2009.

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• The mental suffering you create is always some form of non-acceptance,
  some form of unconscious resistance to what is.
  On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgement.
  The intensity of the suffering depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Spiritual, Acceptance, Creating

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• Dance is active meditation. When we dance, we go beyond thought, beyond mind and beyond our individuality to become one in the divine ecstasy of the union with the cosmic spirit. This is the essence of the trance dance experience.

  Goa Gil

  Dance, Spiritual, Essence

  "Interview by Chaitu of www.goatrance.free.fr". www.goagil.com.

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• Do you know someone you would like to change and regulate and improve? Good! That is fine. I am all in favor of it, But why not begin on yourself? From a purely selfish standpoint, that is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others - yes, and a lot less dangerous.

  Dale Carnegie

  Motivational, Change, Selfish

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.20, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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  Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Funny, Witty, Clever

  Ernest Hemingway (2008). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, Ecco

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• The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Twitter post from Jul 19, 2009

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• The essential thing is action. Action has three stages: the decision born of thought, the order or preparation for execution, and the execution itself. All three stages are governed by the will. The will is rooted in character, and for the man of action character is of more critical importance than intellect. Intellect without will is worthless, will without intellect is dangerous.

  Hans von Seeckt

  Military, Character, Men

  Hans von Seeckt (1930). “Thoughts of a Soldier”

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• Thinkers are not a welcome addition to most social situations.

  Terence McKenna

  Welcome, Social, Situation

  Interview with Tom Hodgkinson (1993) as quoted in Tom Hodgkinson "How to be idle", 2004.

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  The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

  William James

  Happiness, Fear, Stress

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• Sometimes you lie in bed at night, and you don't have a single thing to worry about...That always worries me!

  Charles M. Schulz

  Funny, Single, Lying

  "Fictional character: Charlie Brown". "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, July 6, 1985.

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• I didn't arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Law

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• Do you live in a mine field or a garden? When we live in a minefield mentality, we explode with the weeds of worry, doubt, fear, lack and limitation. Choose to cultivate your inner garden!

  Michael Beckwith

  Inspirational, Change, Weed

  FaceBook post by Michael Bernard Beckwith from Nov 26, 2012

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• For perfect love casteth out fear, and fear can only be from the material things that soon must fade away.
  And thus hold to the higher thought of eternity. For life is a continual experience.

  Edgar Cayce

  Love, Life, Fear

  Edgar Cayce (2006). “Soul & Spirit: Fully Understand Yourself and Your Life”, p.76, ARE Press

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• We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.

  Robin Sharma

  Life, Positive, Time

  Robin Sharma (2016). “The Robin Sharma Pack”, p.214, Jaico Publishing House

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• Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Reading, Mean, Direct

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.35, Publishdrive

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• If you're thinking of debt, that's what you're going to attract.

  Bob Proctor

  Law Of Attraction, Debt, Ifs

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• We do not think of life - we live it. We do not think of ourselves too much. We do not think of others too much... We just behave in a natural way.

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Too Much, Way, Natural

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• You can analyze a glass of water and you're left with a lot of chemical components, but nothing you can drink.

  John B. S. Haldane

  Glasses, Water, Drink

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• There is simply too much to think about.

  Saul Bellow

  Too Much

  Saul Bellow (1994). “It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future : a Nonfiction Collection”, New York : Viking

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• Lots of artists who paint have the experience to one degree or another... where their thinking doesn't precede their doing... It's a funny thing, what I really hate yet I have to go through with it, is the preparation.

  Philip Guston

  Hate, Artist, Funny Things

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• Do not let it look as if you reasoned too much. Painting must be impulsive to be worth while.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Looks, Too Much, Painting

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• To understand the magic way of thinking you have to know non-magic thinking. If you see that clearly, you will see how many magic thoughts are necessary elements even of natural science today.

  Asger Jorn

  Magic, Elements, Today

  Asger Jorn, Per Hovdenakk, Stine Høholt, Arken museum for moderne kunst (Ishøj, Denmark), Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst (Amstelveen, Netherlands) (2002). “Asger Jorn”

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• For many, negative thinking is a habit which, over time, becomes an addiction.

  Peter McWilliams

  Addiction, Negative, Habit

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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