Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they read more

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.

Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at read more

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the
conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am read more

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the
conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too

People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first read more

People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if
mankind is to survive.

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if
mankind is to survive.

A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he
will.

A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he
will.