Every man has some peculiar train of thought which he falls back upon when he is alone. This, to a great degree, molds the man.
~ Dugald Stewart
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Peculiar thinking →
Risk →
I do not intend to take dangerous chances, both because I have no wish to get hurt and because a fall would stop my experimenting, which I would not like at all. The man who wishes to keep at the problem long enough to really learn anything positively must not take dangerous risks.
~ Wilbur Wright
Elsewhere, this is 4a1466. — slipbox
Souvenirs →
Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn’t all a dream?
~ Ashleigh Brilliant
Elsewhere, this is 4a1465. — slipbox
Inlet to the soul →
The eye is the inlet to the soul, and it is well to beware of him whose visual organs avoid your honest regard.
~ Hosea Ballou
Elsewhere, this is 4a1464. — slipbox
Everyone else →
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
~ Haruki Murakami
Elsewhere, this is 4a1463. — slipbox
Decide →
Knowing →
This is the game we play: The only thing you really know is what you can put into words.
~ Alan Watts
Elsewhere, this is 4a1461. — slipbox
Listening →
Sit at your desk and listen.
~ Franz Kafka
Elsewhere, this is 4a1460. — slipbox