The ancestor of every action is a thought… Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson "Ralph Waldo Emerson"
Quotations
Thoughts
-Ralph Waldo Emerson "Ralph Waldo Emerson"
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
-Gautama Buddha "Gautama Buddha"
Doing is very good, but that comes from thinking… fill the brain, therefore, with high thoughts, highest ideals; place them day and night before you; and out of that will come great work.
-Swami Vivekananda "Swami Vivekananda"
Affirm divine calmness and peace, and send out only thoughts of love and goodwill if you want to live in peace and harmony.
-A Spiritual Leader "Paramahansa Yogananda"
Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. You will want to change them when you realise that each thought creates according to its own nature. Therefore, start now to think only those thoughts that will bring you health and happiness.
-A Spiritual Leader "Paramahansa Yogananda"
A single disturbed thought creates ten thousand distractions.
-Ryokan "Ryokan"
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
-Gautama Buddha "Gautama Buddha"
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts… take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
-Marcus Aurelius "Marcus Aurelius"
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
-Mahatma Gandhi "Mahatma Gandhi"
Are you aware of the significance of every thought, of every reaction that you happen to have?
-J. Krishnamurti "J. Krishnamurti"
