1,572 Quotes About Thought

You write a thought down because you want to see what next as a thought is going to come out.

You can let go of all that stuff you thought was real when you know it's just a game. What a relief, what a state of grace that brings.

Keep quiet and ponder! Speak and say something!

Wisdom is locked inside of an insane mind.

I miss being the age when I thought I'd have my shit together by the time I was the age I am now..

Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.

Thoughts pass from one individual to another, each time a little transformed, for each individual can attach to them somewhat different associations. Strictly speaking, the receiver never understands the thought exactly in the way that the transmitter intended it to be understood. After a series of such encounters, practically nothing is left of the original content. Whose thought is it that continues to circulate?

This social character inherent in the very nature of scientific activity is not without its substantive consequences. Words which formerly were simple terms become slogans; sentences which once were simple statements become calls to battle. This completely alters their socio-cogitative value. They no longer influence the mind through their logical meaning – indeed, they often act against it – but rather they acquire a magical power and exert a mental influence simply by being used.

Life had stepped into the place of theory and something quite different would work itself out in his mind.