Thinking Quotes
Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don’t see the self as self, what do we have to fear?
Lao TzuLao Tzu The words we use for the Creator are a reflect of ourselves. If we think of God as fear and shame, we are scared and have something to be ashamed of … But if we see love, compassion and kindness, it is because we possess these qualities.
Shams TabriziShams Tabrizi Our wills are simply not of our own making. Thoughts and intentions emerge from background causes of which we are unaware and over which we exert no conscious control. We do not have the freedom we think we have.
Sam HarrisSam Harris Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne Not only do I think being nice and kind is easy but being kind, in my opinion, is important.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
VoltaireVoltaire And you think compassion’s a flaw And you’ll never let it show and you’re sure you’ve hurt in a way that no one will ever know.
Linkin ParkLinkin Park We’re all like detectives. We want to figure things out. Life, you know, we want to figure out life, and we want to figure out what’s going on, so it’s beautiful. It’s beautiful that people are thinking.
David LynchDavid Lynch Thoughts are things; they have tremendous power. Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure.
Bryan AdamsBryan Adams One of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.
StendhalStendhal God, if you think, God you are. Dust if you think, dust you are. As you think, so you become. Think God, be God.
Sathya Sai BabaSathya Sai Baba I think there’s so much feeling among young girls where they feel like they have to be this perfect thing – and they don’t. Perfect people don’t exist. Sometimes people need to be told it.
Niall HoranNiall Horan What I think we need to do is infuse everyday and every action with the kind of values we hope will be in the future, with kindness, with nurturing, with dreams, ambition, using your talents, not resorting to violence, other forms of conflict resolution, with humor, with poetry, with music.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem I don’t analyze songs because I think it will make me a better songwriter, I just do it out of sheer curiosity.
FinneasFinneas We must abandon completely the notion of blaming the past for any kind of situation we’re in and reverse our thinking and see that the past always flows back form the present.
Alan WattsAlan Watts