Browsing Topic Best Mind Thinking Quotes

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

The world we have created is a product of our thinking.

The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.

Our minds are lazier than our bodies.

If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.

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.

You and I are not what we eat; we are what we think.

Few minds wear out; more rust out.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.

If you think you can’t, you’re right.

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

What is an intellectual? In general, someone seriously devoted to what used to be called the life of the mind: thinking pursued not instrumentally, for the sake of practical goals, but simply for the sake of knowing and understanding.

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

It’s funny when you know you’re playing two characters and you’re aware of how you have to play each one into your performance of the other. You’re constantly at the back of your mind thinking and it all gets a bit confusing.

I was thinking about all these things and more, but I wasn’t really thinking about them at all. They were just there, floating around in the back of my mind, thinking about themselves. What I was really thinking about, of course, was Lucas.

The trouble with most people is that they quit before they start.