Thinking Quotes - Page 176

There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.

...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.

The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself

It’s quite a discipline when we’re in trouble to think of God and say, “I need some help.”

Man has no individual 'I'. But there are, instead, hundreds and thousands of separate small 'I's, very often entirely unknown to one another, never coming into contact, or, on the contrary, hostile to each other, mutually exclusive and incompatible. Each minute, each moment, man is saying or thinking, 'I'. And each time his 'I' is different. Just now it was a thought, now it is a desire, now a sensation, now another thought, and so on, endlessly. Man is a plurality. Man's name is legion.

Let those who think that the Church pays too much attention to Mary give heed to the fact that Our Blessed Lord Himself gave ten times as much of His life to her as He gave to His Apostles.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

I've never pumped myself up or made myself angry as some sportsmen do. I think that one should treat his opponent with great respect.

This is the consciousness revolution, You got the right to think, Don't think about it just do it

Disregarding all evidence to the contrary, the student of Truth will maintain that he lives in a PERFECT Universe and among people potentially perfect. He will regulate his thinking to meet this necessity and refuse to believe in its opposite. At first he may be influenced by conditions, and he may appear weak, but as time goes on he will PROVE TO HIMSELF that his position is a correct one, for that which appears imperfect will begin to slip from his experience

I think we're all a lot more like our parents than we want to admit.

The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind

Honestly, we'd probably be great parents. But it's a human being, and unless you think you have excellent skills and have a drive or yearning in you to do that, the amount of work that that is and responsibility - I wouldn't want to screw them up! We love our animals.

The terrifying thing in my life is that I am just an actress. And I have to keep pushing it and getting approval, approval, approval or I don’t think I’m worth two cents. And I am starting to get over it, thank God. And I’m just sad because I don’t have many years left and I wish I had a longer space of time to think that Elaine Stritch is okay.

I don't think anyone has a normal family.

I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur.

It's marvellous to be popular, but foolish to think it will last.

Controversial issues are always more interesting but I don't create material about a subject I have opinion on just because it's controversial. The most fun is having a point of view that the audience is generally against and presenting an argument that challenges their thinking.

I don't really try to predict what can and will happen with things. Sometimes you think something's gonna be a huge success, and it isn't. And sometimes you pay no attention to something whatsoever, and God just makes it into everything.

Can teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves?

I think we ought to live happily ever after.

Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.

My tongue speak what my heart thinks.

I think it must be apparent to every thinking mind that the noblest of all professions is that of teaching, and that upon the effectiveness of that teaching hangs the destiny of nations.

Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.