#thought

"The decision to empty my mind was a no-brainer."

"The power of thought is the light of knowledge, the power of will is the energy of character, the power of heart is love. Reason, love and power of will are perfections of man."

"We are all teachers, we all have knowledge and experiences that can teach others."

"We must be careful not to discourage our twelve-year-olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations."

"Life had stepped into the place of theory and something quite different would work itself out in his mind."

"Creativity sparks originality which then manifests itself into what we call evolution. To depreciate imagination is to depreciate life."

"Life is difficult."

"Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths."

"I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the foreseeable future; however, they will remain the most beautiful sanctuary they have always been for the select few."

"You can actually create the life you want. It all depends on how daring you desire it."

"Failures and mistakes are lessons to be learned from. They are opportunities for growth."

"Everything is true,' he said. 'Everything anybody has ever thought.''Will you be all right?''I'll be all right,' he said, and thought, And I'm going to die. Both those are true, too."

"Always eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or bed- no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters in your skull."

"The thought that I might kill myself formed in my mind coolly as a tree or a flower."

"As far as I am concerned, philosophic questioning is just as likely to make you confused and depressed as it is to improve your condition."

"Live to learn to love. Learn to love to live. Love to live to learn so that you may live the life that you yearn."

"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions."(Essay to Leo Baeck, 1953)"

"The Wrong we have Done, Thought, or Intended Will wreak its Vengeance onOur SOULS."

"I was so depressed I thought about committing TV. I mean suicide. In the end I decided to binge on @Netflix and it really made me feel better."

"The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour."