Another insightful saying from the book Everyday Psychology, by Dr Steve Edwards.
‘Don’t believe everything you think.’
Dr Edwards comments: This interesting little exhortation is valuable for those of us who tend to get carried away in our thoughts at the risk of delusion. Rudyard Kipling has similarly said in his poem “If”:
“If you can dream and not make dreams your master;
If you can think and not make thoughts your aim …”