What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.

Think and let think.

It is noble to write as one thinks; this is the privilege of humanity.

At least once a day, allow yourself the freedom to think and dream for yourself.

To discern what is truly essential we need space to think, time to look and listen, permission to play, wisdom to sleep, and the discipline to apply highly selective criteria to the choices we make.

Those spaces to read are a privilege.

At Learning's fountain it is sweet to drink,
But 'tis a nobler privilege to think.

When the privilege to read and to think comes great responsibility. When you have that privilege precisely because so many others like you — black women — are systematically filtered out of every level of social status, then the responsibility is especially great.

With the privilege to read and to think comes great responsibility.

Thinking is conversation with oneself.

Thought is the property of those only who can entertain it. -

Waiting is thinking, and to think deeply is, very often, to change one’s mind.

I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.

Sometime I think; and sometime I am.