Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Thinking Quotations

Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.

You can sink so fast that you think you are flying.

What you wish to do you are apt to think you ought to do.

Many think that when they have confessed a fault there is no need of correcting it.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to please.

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