All causes are essentially mental, and whosoever comes into daily contact with a high order of thinking must take on some of it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.
Thought is constantly creating problems that way and then trying to solve them. But as it tries to solve them it makes it worse because it doesn't notice that it's creating them, and the more it thinks, the more problems it creates.
One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking.
The idea that our mental life is affected by hidden causes is a mainstay of psychology.
Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.
Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the time when they most need to think.
Usually, we find it difficult to control our mind. It seems as if our mind is like a balloon in the wind - blown here and there by external circumstances.
I am not one to seek simple causes.
People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or intense social pressure and isolation from friends and family.
The mind is the effect, not the cause.