The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
'No' is the second shortest word in the English language, but one of the hardest to say.
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
'Think simple' as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.
There are thoughts we must not think.
One of the hardest tricks that I had to learn was saying the word 'no.'
Language is always burdened by thought.
All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.
When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.
I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.
Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think.