Quotes About Thinking

I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actual philosophy.

I believe that ideas such as absolute certitude, absolute exactness, final truth, etc. are figments of the imagination which should not be admissible in any field of science... This loosening of thinking seems to me to be the greatest blessing which modern science has given to us. For the belief in a single truth and in being the possessor thereof is the root cause of all evil in the world.

Remember; no matter how desperate the situation seems, time spent thinking clearly is never time wasted.

Analogical thinking makes what is alien intelligible or what is insignificant significant, by bringing it within the sphere of the already known-as stones to teeth.

Our present thinking, our mental habits, our attitudes towards past experiences, and our attitudes towards the future - all have an influence upon old recorded [neuronal] engrams. The old can be changed, modified, replaced, by our present thinking.

thought to change their thinking of the "self" which was to accomplish these things.

The underlying emotional problem has the same common denominator in every patient. This common denominator is that the patient has forgotten how, or probably never learned how, to control his present thinking to produce enjoyment.

For it is with the thinking part of our personality that we draw conclusions, and select the "goal images" that we shall concentrate upon. The minute that we change our minds and stop giving power to the past, the past with its mistakes loses its power over us.

Positive thinking" does indeed "work" when it is consistent with the individual's self-image. It literally cannot "work" when it is inconsistent with the self-image—until the self-image itself has been changed.)

This common denominator is that the patient has forgotten how, or probably never learned how, to control his present thinking to produce enjoyment.

Politicians should shift their thinking from how I can balance the budget to how I can attract top global talents, businesses and investments to compete in a global economy.

Transformation does not happen by learning new information. It happens with the formation of new thinking patterns and new behavioral habits.

Even in a remote monastery, you may still be remote from the truth! To find the truth, all you need is a sound way of thinking.

Our real power in life comes from our true thinking!

Thank God I am not an intellectual! What a garbage of knowledge, what an unnecessary glossary of terms they have, those intellectuals!

The master of thinking is like a master of sword! He can easily win any fight with a high art and a great elegance!

One of the frustrations of having a mind trained to think and consider possibilities was that it couldn't simply be stopped once engaged.

Thinking those old sticks looked authoritative, somehow. Like something belonging to an ancient queen come ashore by mistake in a common land full of limits.

human beings are able to attend to issues longer, to think harder about them, to receive deeper impressions that last longer, if information is presented in a context of emotion--a sort of hot dressing--than if it is presented wholly without affect.

Ensinar a ler é sempre ensinar a transpor o imediato. é ensinar a escolher entre sentidos visíveis e sentidos invisíveis. é ensinar a pensar no sentido original da palavra "pensar" que significava "curar ou "tratar" um ferimento.

Lembra-se do tempo em que eu passava tardes e tardes costurando? - Lembro-me, mãe. Eram tantas filhas, tantas roupas! - A maior parte das vezes, eu só fingia que costurava. - Fingia? Fingia para quê? Os homens não gostam que as mulheres pensem em silêncio. Nascem-lhes nervosas suspeitas. - Enquanto ia costurando, o seu pai não imaginava que eu estava pensando. Minha cabeça viajava por todo o lado.

Yet his experiments led him to a contradictory conclusion. Programming did not teach people how to think—he realized he knew too many narrow-minded programmers for that to be so, now that he considered the question in depth. The truth was the converse: Every individual's ingrained way of thinking affected how he or she programmed.

The best problem-finders demonstrate intellectual curiosity, embrace systemic thinking, and exhibit a healthy dose of paranoia.

Each generation writes off earlier errors as the result of bad thinking, of less able minds--and then confidently embarks on making fresh errors of its own.