Thomas Jefferson Quotes About Imagination

• The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Love Life, Imagination, Favors

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson”

• Among the sayings and discourses imputed to him (i.e. Jesus) by his biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality, and of the most lovely benevolence; and others again of so much ignorance, so much absurdity, so much untruth, charlatanism, and imposture, as to pronounce it impossible that such contradictions should have proceeded from the same being.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Jesus, Ignorance

• The fumes of the most disordered imaginations were recorded in their religious code, as special communications of the Deity; and as it could not but happen that, in the course of ages, events would now and then turn up to which some of these vague rhapsodies might be accommodated by the aid of allegories, figures, types, and other tricks upon words, they have not only preserved their credit with the Jews of all subsequent times, but are the foundation of much of the religions of those who have schismatised from them.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Communication, Imagination

  Thomas Jefferson (2017). “LETTERS”, p.1202, 右灰文化傳播有限公司可提供下載列印

• I would observe to you that what is called style in writing or speaking is formed very early in life while the imagination is warm, and impressions are permanent.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Writing, Imagination, Style

  Thomas Jefferson (1977). “The Portable Thomas Jefferson”, p.309, Penguin

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