Quotes About Thought

Every religious revolution has been the struggle of thought to gain another step in the ladder that reaches to heaven.

If meditation be the affirmation of the existence of God--and meditation need not be lengthy, one rapid flash of thought is sufficient--to neglect it is practically to deny God.

Man must emphasize himself, and consequently must distinguish himself from God. He must recognize these two terms, himself and God, as terms distinct, not only in thought, but by an act of will, for man must will himself, and by willing himself constitute his personality. However, he must do this without separating himself from God, without excluding God. He must will himself, but he must at the same time will God.

Wisdom is inconceivable apart from something about which it can be called into operation.

Occasionally a moderately intelligent thought misses a turn and accidentally enters my mind

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong: and a boy deprived of a father's care often develops, if he escapes the perils of youth, an independence and a vigour of thought which may restore in after life the heavy loss of early days.

When soul to soul can message send-- Dispatched from mind to mind-- All nations will be swayed by thought, And thought will rule mankind.

There is no great success without concentration: and no concentration in minds that have not been disciplined to long-continued, self-reliant thought.

In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.

The body itself, simply from the laws of its own nature, can do many things which its mind wonders at … it is in the mind's power alone both to speak and to be silent and to do many other things which they therefore believe depend on the mind's decision … if, on the other hand, the body is inactive, the mind is at the same time incapable of thinking

These are the prejudices which I undertook to notice here. If any others of a similar character remain, they can easily be rectified with a little thought by anyone.

We there showed that the idea of body and body, that is, mind and body (II. xiii.), are one and the same individual conceived now under the attribute of thought, now under the attribute of extension; wherefore the idea of the mind and the mind itself are one and the same thing, which is conceived under one and the same attribute, namely, thought.

En la reminiscencia, en efecto, el alma tiene el pensamiento de esta sensación, pero no en la continuidad de su duración. Así, la idea de la sensación no es la duración misma de la sensación, es decir, ella no es propiamente su memoria. En cuanto a saber si las ideas mismas están sujetas a alguna corrupción, lo veremos en la Filosofía.

For whoever habitually suppresses the truth in the interests of tact will produce a deformity from the womb of his thought.

Opposition to the truth is inevitable, especially if it takes the form of a new idea, but the degree of resistance can be diminished-by giving thought not only to the aim but to the method of approach.

I know the tendency of the human mind is to do anything rather than think. But mental labour is not thought, and those who have with labour acquired the habit of application, often find it much easier to get up a formula than to master a principle.

Philosophy has never been anything but a disavowal of the reality principle.

The most difficult thing is to renounce the truth and the possibility of verification, to remain as long as possible on the enigmatic, ambivalent, and reversible side of thought.

When the opportunity came along to do the reality show, it was just a very exciting time. We really never thought about how it would pan out for the entire family but just knew that it was going to be a great journey.

For years, I pitched a reality show because I thought it would be good for business.

The brain has this amazing level of almost fractal complexity to it. When you start looking at any part of it in detail, you realize that it's much more complex than you thought.

One day, I was just thinking about something, and then - you know when you think, and you have that inner voice in your head? I realized it was in English.

I think I have a heavily compartmentalized brain, which means that certain routines are simply running without me realizing it.

If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold.