Thought - Quotes

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The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought.

Havelock Ellis

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The thought of death ought to be a lifelong occupation for every man. But this would be too great a stress for the human psyche. We have to live as if we were immortal.

Peter Noll

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.

Henry David Thoreau

There is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought [...] fill the vacuum left by ignorance.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology.

Theodor W. Adorno

The glory of science is, that it is freeing the soul, breaking the mental manacles, getting the brain out of bondage, giving courage to thought, filling the world with mercy, justice, and joy.

Robert G. Ingersoll

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Give me the storm and tempest of thought and action, rather than the dead calm of ignorance and faith. Banish me from Eden when you will; but first let me eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

Robert G. Ingersoll

I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in.

Virginia Woolf

Abstract thought can anticipate by centuries hypotheses that find a use - or confirmation - in scientific inquiry.

Carlo Rovelli

The universe is merely a fleeting idea in God`s mind - a pretty uncomfortable thought, particularly if you`ve just made a down payment on a house.

Woody Allen

Music embodies feeling without forcing it - as it is forced in its other manifestations, in most arts and especially in the art of words - to contend and combine with thought.

Ferenc Liszt

While homeward bound I thought about
The way, through every mile,
In which to greet my mother, whom
I missed for quite a while.

What pleasing words to say to her?
Dear words they need to be,
When she, who rocked my cradle, will
Be reaching out to me.

Sándor Petőfi

Archaeology is the only discipline that seeks to study human behavior and thought without having any direct contact with either.

Bruce Graham Trigger

Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought.

Albert Szent-Györgyi

It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.

William Somerset Maugham

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