Short quotations about, thinking - Page 3

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Too many people are thinking of sec…

13 Oct , 2011  

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. Great short quote and quotation by: James F. Byrnes , US jurist & politician (1879 – 1972)

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James F. Byrnes

Too many people are thinking of sec…

13 Oct , 2011  

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. Great short quote and quotation by: James F. Byrnes , US jurist & politician (1879 – 1972)

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Unprovided with original learning, …

9 Jul , 2011  

Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. Great short quote and quotation by: Edward Gibbon , English historian of Rome (1737 – 1794)

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Very little is needed to make a hap…

24 Mar , 2011  

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Great short quote and quotation by: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus , Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

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Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers chapter 4

Violence, naked force, has settled …

24 Mar , 2011  

Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishfull thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers chapter 4 ,

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We can have facts without thinking …

15 Feb , 2011  

We can have facts without thinking but we cannot have thinking without facts. Great short quote and quotation by: John Dewey , US educator, Pragmatist philosopher, & psychologist (1859 – 1952)

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James W. Fulbright, March 27, 1964

We must dare to think “unthinkable”…

15 Feb , 2011  

We must dare to think “unthinkable” thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. We must learn to welcome and not to fear the voices of dissent. We must dare to think about “unthinkable things” because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops […]

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William Fullbright

We must dare to think about “unthin…

15 Feb , 2011  

We must dare to think about “unthinkable things” because when things become “unthinkable” thinking stops and action becomes mindless. Great short quote and quotation by: William Fullbright ,

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James Carroll, O Magazine, October 2002

We spend most of our time and energ…

15 Feb , 2011  

We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things?[but] there are times when we stop. We sit sill. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or its memory. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper. Great short […]

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Terry Pratchett, Pyramids

What our ancestors would really be …

15 Feb , 2011  

What our ancestors would really be thinking, if they were alive today, is: “Why is it so dark in here?” Great short quote and quotation by: Terry Pratchett, Pyramids ,

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When I examine myself and my method…

15 Feb , 2011  

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking. Great short quote and quotation by: Albert Einstein , US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

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William James

Why should we think upon things tha…

15 Feb , 2011  

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings. Great short quote and quotation by: William James , US Pragmatist philosopher & psychologist (1842 – […]

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