“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India
In Ethical Religion, (Madras: S. Ganesan, 1922), p. 62 http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015002732066?urlappend=%3Bseq=66 <br class="br">1920s <br class="br">Variant: A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Alvin Journeyman (1995), Chapter 9.
James Anthony Froude book The Nemesis of Faith
Preface, Second edition (21 June 1849)
The Nemesis of Faith (1849)
“A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Christian D. Larson (1874–1962) Prolific author of metaphysical and New Thought books
Source: Your Forces and How to Use Them (1912), p. 107
“Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.”
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) American poet
Fausto Cercignani (1941) Italian scholar, essayist and poet
This quote is itself quoting Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman in the film Grey Owl (1999)
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