Thinking is generally thought of as doing nothing in a production-oriented society, and doing nothing is hard to do. It’s best done by disguising it as doing something, and the something closest to doing nothing...

Here is a truth that most teachers will not tell you, even if they know it: Good training is a continual friend and a solace; it helps you now, and assures you of help in...

Sunshine is helpful for thinking. It warms up the brain cells.

What’s that show? ‘TMZ’? They stand there and say, ‘I’ve got this on this person.’ The focus on celebrities can be detrimental because people could be thinking of other things, but it’s a part of...

What does this think about that?Nothing thinks about anything.Does the earth have consciousness of its stones and plants?If it did, it would be people. . .Why am I worrying about this?If I think about these...

There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about it.

Most of the people will try to prove your right ideas as wrong, so share your ideas carefully or not at all.

I’m used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them.

Viktor Frankl said the Concentration camp survivalist said no matter how much mental or physical abuse had been given nobody could cause him to think about anything he didn’t want to think about

To think outside the box: read to open your mind to other possibilities while doubting your convictions.

I make a film – and once I’ve made it, everyone comes along and says ‘Ah! This is a film that’s political, or social’ , or whatever. But I’m not telling the story that they...

As a writer of philosophy, it’s good to ask oneself, ‘Will I still believe this a week from now, or months, or even years?

The complete recipe for imagination is absolute boredom.

Man’s mind is a coast of great monuments, the source of wild and complex dreams and accomplishments that physical eyes have not seen.

I agree and admit that thinking and planning are free. Nobody charges you for thinking and you pay no one to make plans. It’s your decision!

Your thoughts carry you wherever you want to go. Weak thoughts don’t have the energy to carry you far!

Coincidences, in general, are great stumbling-blocks in the way of that class of thinkers who have been educated to know nothing of the theory of probabilities—that theory to which the most glorious objects of human...

To eliminate the discrepancy between men’s plans and the results achieved, a new approach is necessary. Morphological thinking suggests that this new approach cannot be realized through increased teaching of specialized knowledge. This morphological analysis...

The more you think of what is right, the more you tend to make every action in your mind right. The more you think of the goal you have in view, the more life and...

Living in the Spirit changes your attitude, thinking, and ultimately your actions.

be in the right place at the right time,” there isn’t anything we can’t do, be, or attain.

Each “way of thinking” has its own shape and color, which wax and wane like the moon.

I could not think without writing.

Standing as a witness in all things means being kind in all things, being the first to say hello, being the first to smile, being the first to make the stranger feel a part of...

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change.

As a comedian, I don’t know if they’re laughing because it’s funny or if they’re laughing at me because I’m not funny. And I’m thinking, ‘Who cares? They’re laughing.’ If you go on stage, and...

Time spent thinking about life is better spent enjoying it.

Almost any film that you do is an opportunity to open you up and make you more aware of an area that you might not be thinking about. That’s what is kind of cool, or...

Wasn’t it what her father always warned her about? Don’t jump off a bridge because a cute guy tells you to?

I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge and understanding. Science, however, gives me the feeling of steady progress: I am...

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but like, the second I stop working, I have a panic attack, so it’s good for me to be thinking of projects ahead of time and lining things...

Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome.

My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.

Thinking is a great joy for a good writer and a great torture for the bad one!

If being rightwing is thinking that Karl Marx’s doctrine was a catastrophe for humanity, then I’m rightwing.

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in–what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.

Words are the clothes thoughts wear.

Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.

Pardon me also, and deal mercifully with me, as often as I think of anything besides You in prayer. For I confess truly that I am accustomed to be very much distracted. Very often I...

I was in a relationship with a girl I loved for three years. Where do you go after three years? Then you’ve got to start thinking about other things, and I’m too young to think...

Thinking is the soul speaking to itself.

A healthy mind observes and questions itself. This is the path to inner peace and happiness. Don’t believe everything you think.

If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it, or you’re up to something.

Reducing the price of AIDS drugs gave me so much satisfaction that I’ve been thinking what else I could do. One day, I thought, ‘Let’s look at cancer and see how we can spare cancer...

The attempted professionalization of serious and systematic thinking has had a disastrous effect upon our culture

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

l’espace de l’esprit, là où il peut ouvrir ses ailes, c’est le silence.(chapitre XXIII, dernière phrase)

Almost everything a person thinks is a lie, and an assault against the natural soul.