A single disturbed thought creates ten thousand distractions.
-Ryokan "Ryokan"
Quotations
Thoughts
-Ryokan "Ryokan"
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
-Gautama Buddha "Gautama Buddha"
Are you aware of the significance of every thought, of every reaction that you happen to have?
-J. Krishnamurti "J. Krishnamurti"
The ancestor of every action is a thought… Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson "Ralph Waldo Emerson"
Doing is very good, but that comes from thinking… fill the brain, therefore, with high thoughts, highest ideals; place them day and night before you; and out of that will come great work.
-Swami Vivekananda "Swami Vivekananda"
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts… take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
-Marcus Aurelius "Marcus Aurelius"
Everything is the Supreme Being, which is Existence – consciousness - bliss, and ‘I am That’. By constantly cultivating this pure thought, get rid of impure thoughts. Then discarding even that thought and always inhering in the state of fullness, you will become the non-dual and undifferentiated Supreme Being and attain liberation.
-Scriptures "Ribhu Gita"
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
-Gautama Buddha "Gautama Buddha"
Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. You will want to change them when you realise that each thought creates according to its own nature. Therefore, start now to think only those thoughts that will bring you health and happiness.
-A Spiritual Leader "Paramahansa Yogananda"
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
-Mahatma Gandhi "Mahatma Gandhi"
