Quotes on Thoughtful

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge.

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

It's not that life has been easy, perfect or exactly as expected. I just choose to be happy and grateful no matter how it all turns out. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

Language pedants hew to an oral tradition of shibboleths that have no basis in logic or style, that have been defied by great writers for centuries, and that have been disavowed by every thoughtful usage manual.

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.

All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about. That's not to say fiction can't be thoughtful, or present some interesting or provocative ideas to make us think. But if you want to present an intellectual argument, nonfiction is a better tool. You can drive a nail with a shoe but a hammer is a better tool for that. But fiction is about emotional resonance, about making us feel things on a primal and visceral level.

Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

Every thoughtful, well-meaning and conscientious human being_x000D_ should assume in time of peace,_x000D_ the solemn and unconditional obligation_x000D_ not to participate in any war, for any reason_x000D_ or to lend support of any kind, whether direct or indirect.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

My mother would have enjoyed the idea that her name was being used to build bridges. She cared a great deal and was very thoughtful and passionate about education and young women.