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Thoughtfulness Quotes

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“We don't have to be defined by the things we did or didn't do in our past. Some people allow themselves to be controlled by regret. Maybe it's a regret, maybe it's not. It's merely something that happened. Get over it.”
Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four

John Ruskin
“The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most.”
John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice

Mahatma Gandhi
“I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage. My hesitancy in speech, which was once an annoyance, is now a pleasure. Its greatest benefit has been that it has taught me the economy of words. I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. And I can now give myself the certificate that a thoughtless word hardly ever escapes my tongue or pen. I do not recollect ever having had to regret anything in my speech or writing. I have thus been spared many a mishap and waste of time. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. Proneness to exaggerate, to suppress or modify the truth, wittingly or unwittingly, is a natural weakness of man, and silence is necessary in order to surmount it. A man of few words will rarely be thoughtless in his speech; he will measure every word. We find so many people impatient to talk. There is no chairman of a meeting who is not pestered with notes for permission to speak. And whenever the permission is given the speaker generally exceeds the time-limit, asks for more time, and keeps on talking without permission. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.”
Gandhi

Veronica Rossi
“Because people are more than emotions. People have thoughts and reasons for doing things.”
Veronica Rossi, Under the Never Sky

Erik Pevernagie
“When perception, thoughtfulness and understanding do meet, we can fashion a range of viable expectations and craft a world of togetherness. ("Morning after")”
Erik Pevernagie

Erik Pevernagie
“As light splinters into darkness, new thoughts may take over in the mind and allow upbeat views to gain power. Thus and so, thoughtfulness readily opens a blistering sky in the faltering shadow of unawareness. ("Absence of Desire")”
Erik Pevernagie

Kamand Kojouri
“I am so tired.
I have grown old from being serious.
I have grown ill from being serious.
I want to laugh at myself.
I want to forget myself.
I am so tired.”
Kamand Kojouri

Jean Webster
“Good manners are not merely snobbish ornaments, as Mrs. Lippett's regime appeared to believe. They mean self-discipline and thought for others, and my children have got to learn them.”
Jean Webster, Dear Enemy

Andrew Ashling
“Oh, hon, it's the little courtesies that make life bearable, I find, wouldn't you agree?”
Andrew Ashling, The Invisible Chains - Part 1: Bonds of Hate

Sven Hedin
“The political entanglement which encompassed me on all sides in Tibet rendered it difficult for me to make geographical discoveries, but it stimulated my ambition. Therefore I remember with particular warmth and sympathy all those who, in virtue of their temporary power in the world, sought to raise obstacles in my way.”
Sven Anders Hedin, Trans-Himalaya, Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet

Sven Hedin
“I often heard this melodious hymn again in days of hardship, and it always affected me painfully. Not as the reproachful warning clang of church bells ringing for service, when I pass a church door without going in, but because the men sang the hymn only when they were out of spirits and considered our position desperate. It seemed as though they would remind me that defeat awaited me, and that this time I had aimed too high.”
Sven Anders Hedin, Trans-Himalaya, Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet

Tove Jansson
“she counted out five sweets and put them on a saucer. Then she went and put them on the ledge in the cliff to cheer him up.”
Tove Jansson

Osamu Dazai
“Speech blossoms from anxiety… words were fermented from the uncertainty of existence, like poisonous red mushrooms sprout from the rotting earth. It’s true we have words of joy and pleasure, but aren’t those the most unnatural and contrived of them all? Apparently, human beings experience anxiety even in the midst of joy. But in a place without anxiety, there’s no need for such ignoble contrivances.”
Osamu Dazai, Urashima san

Liz Braswell
“It's so much easier to speak quickly first and then decide later if it was truth or lies. She was already losing the thoughtfulness that came with being silent.”
Liz Braswell

“Magic is Wisdom in Transit", For there's no Black or White Magic'. its just Wisdom in Transit.”
Ben Jr Grey

“Stray is the pride-confidence of legless bone-folded fool", transcending all its health and might in chasing after the Wind".”
Ben Jr Grey

Virginia Woolf
“Just in case you ever foolishly forget, I'm never not thinking of you.”
Virginia Woolf

Aegelis
“Sometimes the answers are the most basic of feelings. God speaks to us this way too. Your conscience. Good, bad, you already possess these answers. Silence too can be an answer, perhaps quiet is there to help you slow down and thoughtfully consider your environment for a moment.”
Aegelis, X Captain Ruik's Adventure

“Doesn't he realize Joy incorporated yellow cake for him because it's his favorite? When he eats it, will he notice how she held back on the sweetness for him too? That she chose tangy raspberries over ripe strawberries? This cake is for Fox, yes, but it's also for Malcolm. From Joy to both of them.”
Claire Kann, The Romantic Agenda

Jenna Levine
“He was just so... earnest.
And thoughtful. Beyond the compliment he paid me--- you are so warm and friendly with everyone--- he'd understood me well enough to know that after my panic had subsided, I'd likely want my stuff back.
Without him hanging around.
The vulnerability Frederick must be feeling all but jumped from the page. Yet I could tell he had taken great pains to try and hide it. I thought back to the evening he'd tried so hard to understand my art. In hindsight, of course my art made no sense to him. The man was hundreds of years old! But he'd tried anyway, listening attentively as I explained it to him--- all because it was important to me.
Maybe Frederick was telling the truth when he said he never wanted to hurt me. It was seeming increasingly likely. He might not technically be alive--- and yes, he was a vampire--- but he was also...
Kind.
And thoughtful.
It's possible he'd been faking all that just to lure me in, but with some distance from the events of the other night, I didn't think that he'd been pretending.”
Jenna Levine, My Roommate Is a Vampire

Ritu Negi
“Knowledge holds the power
But It's Memory that possesses it.”
Ritu Negi

“The history of every Nation is eventually written in the way it cares for its soil.”
Franklin Roosevelt

P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
“Discipline should be in your thoughts, not necessarily in your actions.”
P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

J.  Lam
“I came to think of poverty of speech as a reflection of the richness of the mind, giving it time to explore and develop each thought.”
J. Lam, Snow at Heaven's Edge: A Tale from the Carefree Swordsman Saga

“Love is everywhere,but don't know that where...”
Nandhini Raman

“Kindness isn't just a trait; it's your best beauty secret! It's like your daily dose of glow-up, adding that extra sparkle to your already fabulous self. So, keep spreading those good vibes like confetti because kindness never goes out of style. Remember, being beautiful isn't about how you look; it's about how you make others feel. And dear, you're making the world a more beautiful place, one act of kindness at a time. So, stay kind, stay radiant, & let your inner beauty shine.”
Life is Positive

Carl Sagan
“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time”
Carl Sagan

“Every transition is an opportunity to purge and rethink - to begin something magnificent, to anticipate a miracle.”
Shaikh Mahmud bin Ilyas

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