thinking Quotes (16)

“A thought is an idea in transit.”

“Language is not only the vehicle of thought; it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking.”

“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”

“Never assume the obvious is true.”

“Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.”

“Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once.”

“My mind is my laboratory.”

“Everything in your world is created by what you think.”

“He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.”

“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”

“I never came upon any of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.”

“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.”

“Reading merely provides the materials for knowledge; it is thinking that makes them one's own.”

“The most troublesome thing is that everyone speaks without thinking.”

“I think, therefore I am.”

“Reading without thinking is like eating without chewing.”