The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

What you think is the worst, may be the best.

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

Five percent of the people think;
ten percent of the people think they think;
and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.

Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism.

When I'm in turmoil, when I can't think, when I'm exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It's just one of those things I do. I walk and I walk and sooner or later something comes to me, something to make me feel less like jumping off a building.