Quotes on “thinking”

We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

I’ve been thinking. A dangerous pursuit. Indeed.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.

Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.

Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.

The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.

People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

...and you drink a little too much and try a little too hard. And you go home to a cold bed and think, 'That was fine'. And your life is a long line of fine.

How ghastly for her, people actually thinking, with their brains, and right next door. Oh, the travesty of it all.

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live --moreover, the only one.