Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
Marcus Aurelius
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MARCUS AURELIUS A man's thoughts dye his soul, attributed to Marcus Aurelius
ELISABETH ELLIOT The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your pr...
HERACLITUS The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.
DEAN INGE The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts
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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Daily mediate and affirm the Scriptures; your mind and soul will be filled with pure thoughts.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
MARCUS AURELIUS The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
MARCUS AURELIUS Guard your thoughts.
Your thoughts define the state of your wellness.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Your mind is the channel of it all. It feeds your soul, your heart, everything. It comes from your t...
STEPHEN MARLEY Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words.
Be careful of your words, for your...
FEMALE IMAGINATION The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your ...
BOHDI SANDERS For a moment Carl tried to picture everything in his mind, and then it happened. Somewhere inside of...
JUSSI ADLER-OLSEN Anything that drains your emotions or fills you with negativity is not good for your soul; avoid suc...
LATIKA TEOTIA Put emotions to thoughts. Thoughts to words. Words to paragraphs. Paragraphs to pictures. Let your m...
DIANA ROSE MORCILLA Their is no reason to wonder what the future will hold for you focus instead on making your future b...
ENRIQUE MIGUEL ALCALA SILVA You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take yo...
Life consists of thoughts. The better your thoughts, the more beautiful your life will be.
VIKRANT PARSAI Not till your thoughts cease all their branching here and there, not till you abandon all thoughts o...
HUANG PO That's Third Thoughts for you. When a huge rock is going to land on your head, they're the thoughts ...
TERRY PRATCHETT The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
MARCUS AURELIUS When the sun and the moon will be identically seen together,
When the wind and the water will m...
J. SARRAF All actions begin as thoughts. Choose your thoughts carefully, and your actions will be good.
JIM GENOVESE The quality of thoughts depends not on mind or heart, but on the humane words deeply embedded with c...
ANUJ SOMANY Thinking about what's beyond thought, is opening up your mind to tap into infinite intelligence desi...
JACINTA MPALYENKANA It’s important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your...
ROY T. BENNETT The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS Don't be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Never underestimate the power of thought; it is the greatest path to discovery.
IDOWU KOYENIKAN The deepness of your mind produces the thickness of your thoughts.
MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will f...
JAMES ALLEN You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will f...
JAMES LANE ALLEN The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment...
AGATHA CHRISTIE Rekindle the glowing spirit for success in your heart. Refresh your mind with possibility thoughts a...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR We speak about losing our minds as if it is a bad thing. I say, lose your mind. Do it purposefully. ...
VIRONIKA TUGALEVA Reflect your thoughts and watch others mirror them back to you.
STEPHEN RICHARDS We could live several lifetimes and never exhaust the power of our minds.
DENIS HACHEY All philosophic propositions, every attempt to think including all acts of oral or written articulat...
KILROY J. OLDSTER You do not have a mind belongs to yourself! Your thoughts are the thoughts of your culture! When you...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take yo...
JAMES ALLEN You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take yo...
JAMES LANE ALLEN Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.
JOHN WILKINS Be mindful of your thoughts and emotions for they will be the directions of all your purposes.
KATTIE M ASTIN As are your thoughts so will be your actions. One should therefore refrain from listening to anythin...
SAM VEDA Give good thoughts (nature's character builder) you will be good and the world will have good though...
W. CLEMENT STONE Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will d...
BUDDHA From a sequence of these individual patterns, whole buildings with the character of nature will form...
CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER Tangles of life:
Things are busy, moments are time spent, goals are pathways, experience are shadows...
C. ANDREW Feed your mind with the right thoughts
SOTONYE ANGA Be mindful of your thoughts and words for they are the pen writing that which will manifest.
SANJO JENDAYI Your thoughts guide your life, so make sure that the focus of your thoughts are positive.
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA As you think, you travel, and as you love, you attract. You are today where your thoughts have broug...
JAMES LANE ALLEN Empty your mind of all thoughts.
LAO TZU As you think so shall you be! Since you cannot physically experience another person, you can only ex...
WAYNE DYER Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.
BUDDHA Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of thoughts, and every ...
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dealer of thoughts, and every ...
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON Be careful of your thoughts; they are the beginning of your acts.
BOHDI SANDERS Success and failure are largely the results of our habitual thoughts & many people create by def...
MARIE CUNNINGHAM You Change , the things WHEN YOU let your thoughts be like the mind of Christ.
DARIUSH YOUKHANEH my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways" from the book of Isaiah
MITCH ALBOM Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. ...
THICH NHAT HANH You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Gaining control of your thoughts is as easy as sitting by the ocean and controlling the waves.
MICHAEL LIPSEY Thoughts are as simple as the process…a message from the soul; conveyed through the heart; receive...
JEREMY ALDANA See that each hour's feelings, and thoughts and actions are pure and true; then your life will be al...
HENRY WARD BEECHER Watch out for the chameleons! Mind your mind! Watch your words! Sometimes, some people will appear v...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content;
The quiet mind is richer than a crown;
Sweet ar...
ROBERT GREENE If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own ...
MARCUS AURELIUS Warm your soul with positive thoughts. Otherwise you're gonna catch a cold from the ice inside your ...
LILY CHATTERJEE The power never to worry over petty issues of life is by learning to set your mind on higher thought...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I want to read you every night. I want to take you to bed with me : your words, your thoughts, your ...
AVIJEET DAS If your thoughts are as tall as the height of your ceiling, you can’t fly above your room.
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Nurture your mind with great thoughts.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI There is a time for the maturing of thoughts such as there is a time for the maturing of wheat, of w...
MARIANA FULGER Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Perception filtered by thoughts, and thoughts themselves create our world. Control your thoughts, an...
JIM GENOVESE Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
MA JIAN Fearful thoughts attract more fear. Positive thoughts attract success. Instead of expecting the wors...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Your thoughts are your message to the world. Just as the rays are the messages of the Sun.
AMIT RAY Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinki...
SUSAN TAYLOR Never give up. Keep your thoughts and your mind always on the goal.
TOM BRADLEY With such thoughts in your mind, now that you have resolved to love Him and please Him with all your...
ALPHONSUS LIGUORI Do you suffer your thoughts to tamper with evil; and to dally with wrong-doing? If so; you are not s...
FREDERICK FARRAR Thoughts close more doors then they open. This causes limitation.
Action opens more doors then...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN You might think that shifting your thoughts is as easy as setting your mind to it. But stressful tho...
ANDREW J. BERNSTEIN All that you are is the result of what you have thought. It is founded on your thoughts. It is made ...
SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA You are everything that is, your thoughts, your life, your dreams come true. You are everything you ...
SHAD HELMSTETTER The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts.
BRYANT H. MCGILL The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts.
BRYANT MCGILL Your thoughts of scarcity are the mirror of your reality...
PHILIP T. M. Being different is not just a great thing, it is a blessing!
SUJISH KANDAMPULLY Everyday holds challenges for you to overcome, let go of negative thoughts and your mind will set yo...
STEVEN ESPINOSA A Super Man is actually a super mind. Where are your thoughts taking you?
KIRKLYN JOHNSON In the egoic state, your sense of self, your identity, is derived from your thinking mind - in other...
ECKHART TOLLE There are two main functions of "words" expressing your thoughts and hiding your thoughts.
LALIT BHOJWANI The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a...
JEANETTE CORON Do not think that what your thoughts dwell upon is of no matter. Your thoughts are making you.
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MARCUS AURELIUS The man who has a house everywhere has a home nowhere
MARCUS AURELIUS Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear
MARCUS AURELIUS If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing
MARCUS AURELIUS I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet ...
MARCUS AURELIUS Your face is black, your hair like flame, And one eye's damaged, one foot lame: If, still, you're qu...
MARCUS AURELIUS You ask me, Linus what my field out at Nomentum is to yield? Well this it yields to me: the view, my...
MARCUS AURELIUS To yield to the stronger is valor's second prize
MARCUS AURELIUS The height of farce it is, I ween, To be so perfumed and anointed, And when one's appetite's most ke...
MARCUS AURELIUS Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking
MARCUS AURELIUS Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dy...
MARCUS AURELIUS There is no glory in outstripping donkeys
MARCUS AURELIUS Why do you wrap up your neck in a woolen muffler when you are going to recite? The muffler would be ...
MARCUS AURELIUS I could do without your face, Chloe, and without your neck, and your hands, and your limbs, and to s...
MARCUS AURELIUS