Power of thought

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Thought is only a gleam in the midst of a long night. But it is this gleam which is everything.

Henri Poincaré

The Value of Science

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Power of thought

Author

Henri Poincaré

Source

The Value of Science

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

French

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Poincare, Henri. Valeur de la Science [The Value of Science]. Flammarion, 1904, ch. 11.

Current Citation

Poincare, Henri. The Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri Poincare, edited by Stephen Jay Gould. Random House Publishing Group, 2001.

My diving bell becomes less oppressive, and my mind takes flight like a butterfly. There is so much to do. You can wander off in space or in time, set out for Tierra del Fuego or for King Midas's court. You can visit the woman you love, slide down beside her and stroke her still-sleeping face.

Jean-Dominique Bauby

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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Imagination Power of thought

Author

Jean-Dominique Bauby

Source

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Bauby, Jean-Dominique. Le Scaphandre et le Papillon [The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]. Editions Robert Laffont, 1997, prologue.

The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.

John Milton

Paradise Lost

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Topic

Power of thought Perspective The mind

Author

John Milton

Source

Paradise Lost

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1667 1660s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Milton, John. Paradise Lost. London: Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 1, I. 254.

Current Citation

"Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, I. 254.

O, who can hold a fire in his hand
By thinking on the frosty Caucasus?
Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast?
Or wallow naked in December snow
By thinking on fantastic summer’s heat?

William Shakespeare

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Topic

Power of thought Thoughts Imagination

Speaker

Bullingbrook

Author

William Shakespeare

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1595 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Richard II. 9 Dec. 1595, The house of Edward Hoby, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Richard the Second." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 3.

Not in the clamor of the crowded street,
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng,
But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Topic

Inner life Society and the individual Power of thought Thoughts

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Source

The Poets Keramos and Other Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1878 1870s 19th century

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Original Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Poets." Keramos and Other Poems. Boston: Houghton, Osgood & Company/London: G. Routledge and Sons, 1878, I. 12.

Current Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadswoth. "The Poets." Longfellow: Poems & Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, I. 12.

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James

The Will to Believe

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Topic

Power of thought Beliefs

Author

William James

Source

The Will to Believe

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

James, William. "The Will to Believe." Philosophical Club of Yale University. Apr. 1896, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

James, William. "The Will to Believe." William James: Essays and Lectures, edited by Richard Kamber. Routledge, 2016.

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Topic

Power of thought Thoughts Moral relativism Moral theory Morality

Speaker

Hamlet

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Hamlet

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 2.

No man is happy who does not think himself so.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Topic

Power of thought Attitude and mindset

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Topic

Mind over matter Power of thought Thoughts

Author

Mahatma Gandhi

Source

Ethical Religion

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hindi

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Gandhi, Mahatma. Ethical Religion: Nithi Dharma. S. Ganesan, 1922.

We can act as if there were a God; feel as if we were free; consider Nature as if she were full of special designs; lay plans as if we were to be immortal; and we find then that these words do make a genuine difference in our moral life.

William James

The Varieties of Religious Experience

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Topic

Power of thought Beliefs

Author

William James

Source

The Varieties of Religious Experience

Genre

Psychological literature

Language

English

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

James, William. "The Reality of the Unseen." Gifford Lecture. c. 1902, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. Lecture.

Current Citation

James, William. "The Reality of the Unseen." The Varieties of Religious Experience, edited by Martin E. Marty. Penguin Classics, 1982.