Quotes on Thinking

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking. Albert Einstein

All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking. Friedrich Nietzsche

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. Voltaire

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch

Cogito ergo sum. (I think, therefore I am.) René Descartes

Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too. Voltaire

If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking. Benjamin Franklin

To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult of all. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Think for yourself, not of yourself. Think of others, not for others. Naval Ravikant

I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. Warren Buffett

Few men think, yet all will have opinions. Hence men’s opinions are superficial and confused. John Locke

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

Thinking too little about things or thinking too much both make us obstinate and fanatical. Blaise Pascal

Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. David Foster Wallace

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

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. Coco Chanel

People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant. Helen Keller

Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think. Thomas A. Edison

What we think, we become. Buddha

Much learning does not produce thought. Heraclitus

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge. Carl Jung

A truth, an insight, which you have slowly and laboriously puzzled out by thinking for yourself could easily have been found already written in a book; but it is a hundred times more valuable if you have arrived at it by thinking for yourself. Arthur Schopenhauer

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try! Dr. Seuss

The people who don’t think are the ones who never listen. Haruki Murakami

If people cannot write well, they cannot think well. And if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them. George Orwell