The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to read more

The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other.

People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what read more

People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make read more

I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.