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It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.
It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to the tremendous difficulties
Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to the tremendous difficulties
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.
Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.
Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.
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.
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they read more
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.
Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.
An Englishman thinks seated; a Frenchman, standing; an American, pacing; an irishman, afterward.
An Englishman thinks seated; a Frenchman, standing; an American, pacing; an irishman, afterward.
