Overthinking Quotes

Oh, what a beast overthinking is. It takes a simple idea and turns it into an endless spiral of possibilities, scenarios, and 'what ifs'. It's a restless inner voice that analyzes and analyzes until paralysis is the only outcome. It steals the present moment and throws you into a future that hasn't happened yet or a past that cannot be changed.

These quotes are a mirror reflecting the mind's struggles, attempting to find tranquility in a world of inner noise and overthinking.

Quote by C.S. Lewis: The surest way of spoiling a pleasure [is] to start examining your satisfaction....
The surest way of spoiling a pleasure [is] to start examining your satisfaction.
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— C.S. Lewis
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Quote by William Shakespeare: I can no longer live by thinking....
I can no longer live by thinking.
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— William Shakespeare
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Quote by Rabindranath Tagore: A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it....
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
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— Rabindranath Tagore
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Quote by Rumi: Everyone is overridden by thoughts;that's why they have so much heartache and sorrow....
Everyone is overridden by thoughts;that's why they have so much heartache and sorrow.
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— Rumi
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Quote by Paul Simon: Maybe I think too much for my own good....
Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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— Paul Simon
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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: Do not craze yourself with thinking, but go about your business anywhere....
Do not craze yourself with thinking, but go about your business anywhere.
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— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Quote by Eckhart Tolle: We get lost in doing, thinking, remembering, anticipating - lost in a maze of complexity and a world...
We get lost in doing, thinking, remembering, anticipating - lost in a maze of complexity and a world of problems. Nature can show us the way home, the way out of the prison of our own minds.
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— Eckhart Tolle
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Quote by Bruce Lee: If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done....
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
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— Bruce Lee
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Quote by Leo Buscaglia: Don't over analyze your relationships....
Don't over analyze your relationships.
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— Leo Buscaglia
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Quote by William Shakespeare: Twere to consider too curiously, to consider so....
Twere to consider too curiously, to consider so.
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— William Shakespeare
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Quote by Kanye West: I use too much of my brain and need to let some of it rest....
I use too much of my brain and need to let some of it rest.
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— Kanye West
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Quote by Dr. Seuss: My trouble was I had a mind but I couldn't make it up!...
My trouble was I had a mind but I couldn't make it up!
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— Dr. Seuss
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Quote by Alan Watts: A person who thinks too much only ever thinks about his thoughts...
A person who thinks too much only ever thinks about his thoughts
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— Alan Watts
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Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky: To think too much is a disease....
To think too much is a disease.
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— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky: I swear to you gentlemen, that to be overly conscious is a sickness, a real, thorough sickness....
I swear to you gentlemen, that to be overly conscious is a sickness, a real, thorough sickness.
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— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky: I swear to you, sirs, that excessive consciousness is a disease--a genuine, absolute disease....
I swear to you, sirs, that excessive consciousness is a disease--a genuine, absolute disease.
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— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Quote by Clint Eastwood: The more time you have to think things through, the more you have to screw it up....
The more time you have to think things through, the more you have to screw it up.
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— Clint Eastwood
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Quote by Clint Eastwood: Let's not go and ruin it by thinking too much....
Let's not go and ruin it by thinking too much.
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— Clint Eastwood
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Quote by Lao Tzu: Distortion upon distortion: . . . the more one uses the mind, the more confused one becomes....
Distortion upon distortion: . . . the more one uses the mind, the more confused one becomes.
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— Lao Tzu
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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived...
What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived
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— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Quote by Taylor Swift: I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do....
I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.
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— Taylor Swift
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Quote by George S. Patton: Don't fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire....
Don't fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire.
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— George S. Patton
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Quote by Langston Hughes: I don't dare start thinking in the morning. I don't dare start thinking in the morning. If I thought...
I don't dare start thinking in the morning. I don't dare start thinking in the morning. If I thought thoughts in bed, Them thoughts would bust my head-- So I don't dare start thinking in the morning.
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— Langston Hughes
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Quote by Taylor Swift: My head's never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch 'CSI' or 'Law & O...
My head's never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch 'CSI' or 'Law & Order,' where I have to follow the crime. If I can't turn my head off during that, I know I've really got a problem.
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— Taylor Swift
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