Quotes on Thinking

To be able to think freely, a man must be certain that no consequence will follow whatever he writes.

Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected.

The best way to make money in business is not to think too much about making it.

The one who thinks over his experiences most, and weaves them into systematic relations with each other, will be the one with the best memory.

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail. It is a grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.

Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.

Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.

You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

A lot of people think big business in America is a bad thing. I think it's a really good thing. Most people in business are ethical, hard-working, good people. And it's a meritocracy.

To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult.

You make a film to distract people, to interest them, perhaps to make them think, perhaps to help them be a little less naive, a little better than they were.

Girls of all kinds can be beautiful - from the thin, plus-sized, short, very tall, ebony to porcelain-skinned; the quirky, clumsy, shy, outgoing and all in between. It's not easy though because many people still put beauty into a confining, narrow box...Think outside of the box...Pledge that you will look in the mirror and find the unique beauty in you.

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.

Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose_x000D_ _x000D_ he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it._x000D_ _x000D_ But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life_x000D_ _x000D_ that one exists for other people.

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.

Christianity does not think of man finally submitting to the power of God, it thinks of Him as finally surrendering to the love of God. It is not that man's will is crushed, but that man's heart is broken.

How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.

Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.

Hayek was making us think of the productive process as a process in time, inputs coming before outputs.

Employers will give time to eat, time to sleep; they are in terror of a time to think.