thought Quotes

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

Anthropomorphic animals, when taken out of narrative into actual visibility, always turn into buffoonery or nightmare.

There appears to be something to do with vehicles and movement that stimulates my writing.

I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society. We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it?

Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology to securing the keys to an executive bathroom.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.

Through space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; through thought I comprehend the world.

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire them.