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Quote by W.R. Boyce Gibson
The measure and standard of our thought is fixed by the measure and standard of our life.
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Our thinking is not separate from the way we live. The quote says that the quality and limits of our thoughts are set by the quality and limits of our life. In other words, our ideas are measured by the standards we actually follow, not only by what we claim to believe.
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- Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
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