Quotes About Thought

Intelligence in isolation turns to aimless marauding.

If reason ruled the world would history even exist?

I think that in the immediate aftermath of a superhuman machine intelligence revealing itself, most people would feel very threatened but take solace in the thought that we can always pull the plug.

Faults in English prose derive not so much from lack of knowledge, intelligence or art as from lack of thought, patience or goodwill.

I'd rather be a semi intelligent thinker and doer...than a highly intelligent thinker.. or an unintelligent doe

Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

There is nothing higher than reason.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

Real knowledge, like every thing else of the highest value, is not to be obtained so easily. It must be worked for, — studied for, — thought for, — and more than all, it must be prayed for.

Knowledge is essential to conquest; only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment.

Self-knowledge is like lost innocence; however unsettling you find it, it can never be 'unthought' or 'unknown'.

Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí', pensé; o más bien me acordé de ello.

The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

She was like some ancient palimpsest on which layer upon layer of thought and reverie had been inscribed , and yet no succeeding layer had completely hidden or erased what had been written previously.

A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much.

They say your first reaction is the truest. They say your original thought, your initial gut feeling, is always the correct course of action.

1. The brain uses images to help the conscious mind understand.

while godly thought emphasizes giving God the honor and service in His church that He deserves totally apart from whether your needs are met or not.

Quién querría enseñar liderazgo cuando la academia no cree en los líderes? Al mismo tiempo, la literatura inglesa reemplazó a los clásicos y el pensamiento antiguo dejó de estar en boga.

Great minds sink alike, right?

Consciousness is a dance between perception and memory.

I do love DVD and I've always taken them seriously. You know, on the Austin things, we really put a ton of work into them because there's so much design involved. And in this one, we thought a lot about it and what could go in.

You need an infinite stretch of time ahead of you to start to think, infinite energy to make the smallest decision. The world is getting denser. The immense number of useless projects is bewildering. Too many things have to be put in to balance up an uncertain scale. You can't disappear anymore. You die in a state of total indecision.