Quotes on Thinking

I'm a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.

A novel, I think, is partly about the contemporary and partly about the eternal, and it's the balance of that that's difficult to achieve.

It never hurts to think too highly of a person; often they become ennobled and act better because of it.

I think books should have secrets, like people do.

I have resolved that from this day on, I will do all the business I can honestly, have all the fun I can reasonably, do all the good I can willingly, and save my digestion by thinking pleasantly.

Science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. That needs more courage than we might think.

It doesn't matter what you all think, what you all say about me, because when I go home at night, the same people that I look in the face, my family that I love, that's all that really matters to me.

We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was "just human".

At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.

But always think this: do not be afraid of failure. Do not be afraid of falling. In the art of walking, what is important is not avoiding the fall but not remaining fallen.

Genius abhors consensus because when consensus is reached, thinking stops. Stop nodding your head.

The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves.

This is what I want everyone to experience at the end of my concert... _x000D_ everyone has this sense of rejoicing. _x000D_ I don't want them to be blown away by what I do, _x000D_ I want them to have this sense of real, real joy _x000D_ from the depths of their being. _x000D_ Because I think when you take them to that place, _x000D_ then you open up a place where grace can come in.

Laugh as often as possible. You must. Because the world will offer you every reason to weep. So as often as possible, you laugh. That, I think, is part of the Great Love.

God is not limited to any person, but calls freely whomsoever He pleases, and bestows on those who are called whatever rewards He thinks fit.

I think technology really increased human ability, but technology cannot produce compassion.

I like to think that Einstein would look at string theory’s journey and smile, enjoying the theory’s remarkable geometrical features while feeling kinship with fellow travelers on the long and winding road toward unification.

The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?

The aim of human life is to know thyself. Think for yourself. Question authority. Think with your friends. Create, create new realities. Philosophy is a team sport. Philosophy is the ultimate, the ultimate aphrodisiac pleasure. Learning how to operate your brain, learning how to operate your mind, learning how to redesign chaos

If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving.

When we have a brilliant idea, instead of making others think it is ours, why not let them cook and stir the idea themselves.