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Last updated on November 15, 2024.
Although an increasing number of humans are undergoing a process of awakening, identification with thinking is still the prevalent state of consciousness. Thinking is potentially a powerful tool, but it has taken us over, and a lot of it is dysfunctional and negative.
The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being
What looks like resistance in many cases is rational responses to incentives and ingrained resource-allocation processes.
The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue.
Innovation in tech favors the naive and the stubborn. If you are too rational you won't tackle problems that others once failed at.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system.
We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.
I don't go thinking I'm going to lose. I never go into a tournament thinking that. I'll do the best that I can.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Then I went for a run with the other dog and just walked. And I started thinking about a lot of things. I was able to - I can't remember what it was. Oh, the inaugural speech, started thinking through that.
The genuine values in America arose from rational thought and breaking with tradition, not from blind allegiance to dirt and cloth.
So, in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they thought that, too.
Whenever an answer, a solution, or a creative idea is needed, stop thinking for a moment by focusing attention on your inner energy field. ... When you resume thinking, it will be fresh and creative.
Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.
Suppose that we believe what we are taught. . . . destroying the environment and militarizing outer space are rational policies . . . of institutional lunacy.
Any belief in Creators or Purpose is wishful thinking. And when you point out that perhaps ALL thinking is wishful, reactions of intense irritation give evidence that we are not dealing with logic but with faith.
Young people: I understand this is important to you, but as you be thinking about climate change, the economy and jobs, war and peace, maybe way at the bottom you should be thinking about marijuana.
You cannot control faeries. Can. Not. They aren't logical or rational. They don't obey the same laws (physical, social, emotional, traffic - you name it) that we do.
Each man must live as an end in himself and follow his own rational self-interest.
Thinking about monastic ideals is not the same as living up to them, but at any rate such thinking has an important place in a monk's life, because you cannot begin to do anything unless you have some idea what you are trying to do.
And you are never to stir out of doors till you can prove that you have spent ten minutes of every day in a rational manner.
I've always been attracted to Pertwee's portrayal of the Doctor as dashing man-of-science, charming, sceptical, and rational.
There also appears to be another element in the soul, which, though irrational, yet in a manner participates in rational principle.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
I studied every move, I became fascinated by thinking what I could have done differently. And I take that approach now as a professional. I am on it, all the time, never stop thinking, learning. You don't get to be world champion unless you do that.
As an engineer, I learned that a long time ago: you don't want to get into a rational discussion about irrational subjects.
Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquility.
I'd like to think that maybe the average person is rational, and they realise that I'm not this crazy monster that, at times, I've been perceived to be.
The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art suffers.
Most power is lost in one's own mind by thinking negative thoughts, by worrying about the future, by focusing on the past, as opposed to thinking positive, strong, and happy thoughts.
In the world of minor lunacy the behaviour of both the utterly rational and the totally insane seems equally odd.
You start with the right amount of rational and emotional experiences. You have to blend those in your product when you come out.
What do you do when your world is falling apart? How do you hold onto the real and the rational? I think that's very relatable for people.
You're thinking about a dish, you're thinking about an ingredient, and in many ways, you end up becoming a naked chef in front of the customer, because what you put on the plate is you. It's who you are and where you've been.
If you start thinking of stress as not a bad thing but inevitable, resulting in change that itself leads to transformation that leads to sharp and radical changes... it can be a very useful way of thinking.
Over-thinking in your brain is anathema to the process of thinking on your feet.
Although most of us don't spend time thinking about our thoughts, increasing your awareness of your thinking habits proves useful in building resilience.
If I walk up to a can of Red Bull, I'm thinking about Formula One; I'm thinking about incredible athletic performances. And it helps me choose that can over something else to either side of it.
The development of a rational view of the nature of catalysis was thus absolutely dependent on the creation of the concept of the rate of chemical reaction.
In the face of such overwhelming statistical possibilities hypochondria has always seems to me to be the only rational position to take on life.
In theory I am an agnostic, but pending the appearance of rational evidence, I must be classed, practically and provisionally, as an atheist.
The divine therapy helps us integrate our animal nature with the new possibilities of rational consciousness.
Logicians have but ill defined As rational the human mind; Reason, they say, belongs to man, But let them prove it if they can.
But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe to be reducible to patterns on a blackboard.
It is very normal for people on the ground to look at somebody apparently walking in midair and thinking first that person is crazy and thinking secondly that person risks his or her life.
There's times when I just have to quit thinking... and the only way I can quit thinking is by shopping.
Rational people have better things to do than grant unwarranted credibility to every half-assed delusion.
I went from thinking I could be a manager to thinking I could do something much bigger than that.
When I was in high school, I wasn't thinking about getting a scholarship. I was thinking about trying to go and dominate. Same thing in college. I just have to focus on playing the best football I can.
There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.
A wise man has told us that "men are once for all so made that they prefer a rational world to believe in and live in."
When your effort is low, you're probably not thinking about the opportunity, you're thinking about the obligation.
I've definitely had inappropriate comments. I've had a producer tell me: 'I'm thinking about you constantly.' He didn't say: 'I'm thinking about you for this project.' He said: 'I'm thinking of you constantly.' It's definitely inappropriate. You can't say that to an actor.
Beware of being too rational. In the country of the insane, the integrated man doesn't become king. He gets lynched.
I’d rather be in the mountains thinking of God, than in church thinking about the mountains.
I'm suggesting that criminalizing chemically fertilized grass in favor of unnaturally-fed corn is not a rational trade off.
We're only really thinking when we can't think out fully what we are really thinking about!
