quotations about thinking
In human affairs, all that endures is what men think.
ISABEL PATERSON
The God of the Machine
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"
Thinking is but an idle waste of thought,
And naught is everything, and everything is naught.
HORACE & JAMES SMITH
Rejected Addresses
To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
CONFUCIUS
The Analects
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
attributed, 20,000 Quips & Quotes
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
It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.... This, in turn, means that our statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on a science fictional way of thinking.
ISAAC ASIMOV
Asimov on Science Fiction
Thinking isn't to agree or disagree--that's voting.
ROBERT FROST
attributed, 20,000 Quips & Quotes