Quotes: Buddha

"All that we are is a result of what we have thought."

–– Buddha, formerly known as Siddhartha Gautama (623 or 563 BCE to 543 or 483 BCE), Indian philosopher and founder of Buddhism 

via: Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2007, p. 98.

Quotes: Val McDermid

"Would everyone simply return to their old habits once the pandemic was over, or would they have learned what Karen already knew –– that walking the city was its own reward? Time for thought, time to spy on the lives of others, time to discover new routes and expand the mental map."

–– Val McDermid (b. 1955), Scottish author 

Source: Val McDermid. Past Lying: A Karen Pirie novel. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023; p. 442. 

via: Commonplace Book 2024, p. 16.

Quotes: Norbert Platt

"The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought. This in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium." 

–– Norbert Platt (b. 1951), senior executive in European luxury goods industry & former Montblanc CEO 

Source: Elle Decoration UK, January 2013, p. 15. 

via: Sketchbook 20, 2013, p. 118

Quotes 154: Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The ancestor of every action is a thought." 

–– Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American philosopher and writer

via Book of Commonplace 2005-2006, p. 182.