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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
Wisdom
Matsuo Basho

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We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.
Power
Stephen Vincent Benet

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Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
Action
Henri L. Bergson

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We are brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
Birth
Bible

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A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be.
Cynics and Cynicism
Ambrose Bierce

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Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Common Sense
Josh Billings

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The price of wisdom is eternal thought.
Wisdom
Frank Birch

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One thought fills immensity.
Thoughts and Thinking
William Blake

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The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.
Freedom
Leon Blum

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The camera can photograph thought. It's better than a paragraph of sweet polemic.
Photography
Dirk Bogarde

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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Action
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
Worry
Corrie Ten Boom

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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
Ideas
Christian Nevell Bovee

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The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.
Thoughts and Thinking
Christian Nevell Bovee

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Never give up. Keep your thoughts and your mind always on the goal.
Perseverance
Tom Bradley

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Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part.
Sea
Hermann Broch

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Stung by the splendor of a sudden thought.
Inspiration
Robert Browning

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A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.
Wish and Wishing
Jean De La Bruyere

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As the Fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
Thoughts and Thinking
Buddha

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Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.
Vigilance
Buddha

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Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
Resentment
Buddha

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A public opinion poll is no substitute for thought.
Opinions
Warren Buffett

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The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
Sculptures
Michelangelo Buonarroti

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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
Patriotism
Edmund Burke

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In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
Advantage
Charles Buxton

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun