Quotes about thinking

To follow foolish precedents, and wink with both eyes, is easier than to think.

The philosopher Descartes believed that he had found the most fundamental truth when he made his famous statement: “I think, therefore I am.” He had, in fact, given expression to the most basic error: to equate thinking with Being and identity with thinking.

The mind in itself is not dysfunctional. It is a wonderful tool. Dysfunction sets in when you seek your self in it and mistake it for who you are. p. 35

Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don’t realize this because almost everybody is suffering from it, so it is considered normal. p. 15

A moving mind is always fed. At rest, mine eats itself.

We have been so blinded by thinking and feeling that we have never seen the World.

Without speech, thoughts plough on like a train without tracks, buckling, crashing, ripping everything apart.

There is a thought that stops thought. That is the only thought that ought to be stopped.

Most conscious thought is simply an attempt to claim ‘authorship’ for a choice that has already been made. Our thoughts are just an ongoing attempt to explain what we’ve already decided.

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

I cannot imagine a man without thought; he would be a stone or an animal.

Thought constitutes the greatness of man.