There is something about the ability to externalize our thoughts and compare them with other people in a public way that is really transformative for the average person.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.
Our best thoughts come from others.
Any human being has private thoughts.
How or by what magic is it, that we convey our thoughts to one another with such case and accuracy?
The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself.
I've just always sort of been mesmerized by our minds and how people think and how people react differently.
Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that.
A huge amount of our everyday thinking - powerful, creative, and resonant stuff - is done socially: talking to other people, arguing with them, relying on them to recall information for us.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
I think it's a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, you'll end up thinking more extreme versions of what you thought before.