William Feather Quotes

Time given to thought is the greatest time saver of all.

Reflective thinking is like the crock pot of the mind. It encourages your thoughts to simmer until they're done.

It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.

One sits down first; one thinks afterwards.

Only the thinking man lives his life, the thoughtless man's life passes him by.

Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.

I have always found that the man whose second thoughts are good is worth watching.

They only babble who practise not reflection.

First thoughts are not always the best.

We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.

If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea.

We have everything we need, in fact, except the most important thing of all — time to think and the habit of thought.

We skim over the surface thoughtlessly. But we must acknowledge that thinking well is a time-consuming process. We can't expect instant results. We have to slow down a bit, and take the time to contemplate, meditate, and even pray. It is the only route to a more meaningful and efficient existence.

What I propose, therefore, is very simple: it is nothing more than to think what we are doing

What do you look at while you’re making up your mind? Ours is not a reflective culture, we do no raise our eyes up to the hills. Most of the time we decide the critical things while looking at the linoleum floor of an institutional corridor, or whispering hurriedly in a waiting room with a television blatting nonsense.

Dudley thought for a moment. It looked like hard work.

We all find ourselves involved in projects or activities that confound us-when or why did I say I would do this? What was I thinking? I needed a poem for myself that said-pause longer. Think again.

Action should be founded on contemplation, and those of us who act don't put enough time, don't give enough emphasis, to contemplation.

I like to sit on things and digest them and then I'll figure out my next move, but I never said I was right for doing anything.

How can anyone become a thinker unless he spends at least a third of every day away from passions, people, and books?

Pondering is a little like considering and a little like thinking, but looser. To ponder, one must let the facts roll around the rim of the mind's roulette wheel, coming to settle in whichever slot they feed pulled to.

Whoever thinks much and to good purpose easily forgets his own experiences, but not the thoughts which these experiences have called forth.

When we have 'second thoughts' about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.

I pick and choose my battles, but I overthink everything because I have to think about everything.

For me, writing is a way of thinking. I write in a journal a lot. I'm a very impatient person, so writing and meditation allow me to slow down and watch my mind; they are containers that keep me in place, hold me still.