Thoughts, Doubts

Most thoughts are wishes. The thoughts of the wise are more trustworthy than the convictions of fools. Do not confuse opinions with certainties. If you are doubtful of a thing let it alone. Remove doubts by enquiry. A thing that is heard is not like a thing that is seen. Do not believe all that you hear. It is not wise to be sure of a thing only because you think so. Where there is much difference of opinion it is difficult to know the truth. To think well of others is a religious duty. p. 29 He who thinks well of others is a happy man. He who has an evil thing in him thinks all men are like him. If a man think well of you, make his thought true. A poet says: "It was my habit to think well of others until experience taught me otherwise." Be well with God and fear nothing. Most men think well of themselves, and this is self-delusion.