Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory

One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought by thinking

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world

A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any progress

Change your thoughts, and you change your world

The ancestor of every action is a thought.