There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking, and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord

Quote by Thomas Paine

Topics: Mind Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Thought Quotes

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we...

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we...

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof...

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof...

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in...

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in...

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

The obscene and vulgar stories in the Bible are as repugnant to our ideas of...

The obscene and vulgar stories in the Bible are as repugnant to our ideas of...

If a God, he could not suffer death, for immortality cannot die, and as a...

If a God, he could not suffer death, for immortality cannot die, and as a...

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress,...

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress,...

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and...

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and...

From such beginnings of governments, what could be expected, but a continual system of war...

From such beginnings of governments, what could be expected, but a continual system of war...

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell...

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell...

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.

The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.

The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.

Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when...

Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when...

The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws...

The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws...

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may...

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may...

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their...

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their...

The trouble with the morning is that it always comes at such an ungodly hour

The trouble with the morning is that it always comes at such an ungodly hour