quotations about thinking
Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament.
CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ
"On War"
All power is indeed weak compared with that of the thinker. He sits upon the throne of his Empire of Thought, mightier far than they who wield material sceptres.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE
Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
Thinking begins when you ask really difficult questions.
SLAVOJ ZIZEK
"Slavoj Zizek: I am not the world's hippest philosopher!", Salon, December 29, 2012
In human affairs, all that endures is what men think.
ISABEL PATERSON
The God of the Machine
To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
CONFUCIUS
The Analects
Thinking is but an idle waste of thought,
And naught is everything, and everything is naught.
HORACE & JAMES SMITH
Rejected Addresses
There is within every human being a deep well of thinking over which a heavy iron lid is kept clamped.
SHERWOOD ANDERSON
letter to his publisher, Ben Huebsch, New Essays on Winesburg, Ohio
Thinking isn't to agree or disagree--that's voting.
ROBERT FROST
attributed, 20,000 Quips & Quotes