#inking

I've been thinking about Jesus. Don't you find it a bit strange that, since He was living with His family and all, He up and left them just when they needed him most? ↗

— Edith Piaf

#been #bit #family #find #him

All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#intelligence #reflection #thinking #walking #intelligence

The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing -- to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts. ↗

— John Keats

#thinking #intelligence

This is probably the advantage of being stupid. Stupid people just do. We tend to overthink. If we could eliminate the “over” and just think, then we could do, too. Only we’d be smarter doers because we’d be thinkers. ↗

— Sarah Strohmeyer

#overthinking #stupidity #intelligence

The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story? ↗

— Yann Martel

#thinking #world #life

People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant. ↗

— Helen Keller

#thinking #life

The world’s bumper sticker reads: Life sucks, and then you die. Perhaps Christian bumper stickers should read: Life sucks, but then you find hope and you can’t wait to die. ↗

— Ted Dekker

#christianity #pessimism #positive-thinking #life

There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne. ↗

— Bette Davis

#drinking #life

Fill with mingled cream and amber, I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chamber of my brain — Quaintest thoughts — queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; What care I how time advances? I am drinking ale today. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#drinking #life

Thoughts are circular, they don't take you anywhere. They don't have feet-they can't gain any ground. They can trap you if you don't eventually stand up and make a move. ↗

— Katie Kacvinsky

#thinking #life