Quotes on Thinking

"A great many people think they're thinking when they're merely rearranging their prejudices." William James.

"Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last." Chinese Proverb

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." Stephen Hawking

"Know all and you will pardon all" Greek proverb

"We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are." --The Talmud

"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself."

"To handle yourself, use your head; To handle others, use your heart.

"Knowledge is like a garden; if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested."

It is astounding to realize that perhaps half of all human knowledge has been discovered or created in the past century. But then again, so has half the bullshit. - D. H. Futterman, circa 1988

The size of a man (his WISDOM) can be measured by the size of the things that make him angry. - J.K. Morley

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