{"quotes":[{"text":"A man sat down by a tree every day for 2 weeks. It was a beautiful Wisteria tree with purple flowers. Every day, around the same time, he would come to the park and sit by this tree. On the fourteenth day, he came to the park and approached the tree and as he sat down, he closed his eyes as he always did. Only this time when he opened them, the tree withered and died before him. The man then looked around and before he knew it, he had found that he never came to the tree at all, but was in an asylum the whole time.","author":"Justin Bienvenue","tags":["deep-thought","inspirational","reality","realization"],"id":4040,"author_id":"Justin+Bienvenue"},{"text":"I don't want that boy to fall over for just a bird that forgot that her wings are broken.","author":"Ade Santi","tags":["deep-thought","i-don-t-know","past"],"id":36667,"author_id":"Ade+Santi"},{"text":"When I have too much information or too many choices, I often get confused.•\tWhen one wants to encourage another to learn what ”I know that you don’t know,” encourage them to engage in deep thought on a topic you suggest. Deep thought is a positive activity that doesn’t blame and results in both a thinking process and outputs/outcomes that are positive.","author":"Dennis Cogswell","tags":["communication","deep-thought"],"id":109274,"author_id":"Dennis+Cogswell"},{"text":"Deep within my soul lies a great light.","author":"Lailah GiftyAkita","tags":["deep-thought","light","soul"],"id":164489,"author_id":"Lailah+GiftyAkita"},{"text":"Silence, it appears, is not the opposite of sound. It is another world altogether, literally offering a deeper level of thought, a journey to the bedrock of the self.","author":"Michael Finkel","tags":["deep-thought","self","silence","sound"],"id":181810,"author_id":"Michael+Finkel"},{"text":"Life is always uncertain. No one knows what's in there. But now my life is everywhere, I would just like to breathe and sleep and get all the rest I could. I wake up five in the morning some days just thinking about my own thoughts and stare blankly in thin air. Not sure what I am looking at but I know for a fact I am in my own world. Those times I am just inside my head just thinking about what is ahead.","author":"Happy Positivity Blankly Ahead","tags":["air","blankly-ahead","confuse","confused-mind","deep","deep-thought","happy-positivity","happy-positivity","insertion-point","inspiration","life","mystery","own-world","quotes","thinking","thoughts","uncertain","uncertainty","wisdom"],"id":190845,"author_id":"Happy+Positivity+Blankly+Ahead"},{"text":"Hey! Look at usWe're digging and diggingInto stubborn, ancient earth;We're discoveringWhere we came from,and how we came.'but where are you going?'Hey! Look at usWe're learning and learningInto stubborn lawsOf nature and spaceAnd non-nature and non-space;We're discoveringAll there is to know.'but where are you going?'Hey! Look at usWe're planning and planningInto stubborn yearsOf education and trainingAnd hopes and dreams;We're discoveringHow not to waste any time.'but where are you going?'Hey! Look at usWe're shiny and brightAnd clever and sophisticatedAnd witty and well-read;We're discoveringHow to really fill upThis old life.'but where are you going?'where?'Yes; where?","author":"Lois A. Cheney","tags":["christian","culture","deep-thought","inspirational","life","lois-a-cheney","makes-you-think","provocative","religious"],"id":205854,"author_id":"Lois+A.+Cheney"},{"text":"In the midst of your struggles, you WILL find a reason to keep going. Don’t give up!","author":"Robert Tew","tags":["change","deep-thought","growth","hardship","life","stress","struggles"],"id":296451,"author_id":"Robert+Tew"},{"text":"Alone within the vast tribunal that is the stormy sky, the pilot is in contention for his mailbags with three elemental divinities: mountain, sea and storm.","author":"Antoine de Saint-Exupéry","tags":["deep-thought","inspirational-attitude"],"id":352639,"author_id":"Antoine+de+Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry"},{"text":"Every expression of desired friendship has potential bite. Every smile reveals the teeth.","author":"Dean Koontz","tags":["deep-thought","friendship","life","risk","smile"],"id":360447,"author_id":"Dean+Koontz"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":15,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}