thought Quotes

Whether we will philosophize or we won't philosophize, we must philosophize.

[I]t is rather the case that we desire something because we believe it to be good than that we believe a thing to be good because we desire it. It is the thought that starts things off.

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of... ...

Our mind always thinks with images.

A sign of a smart person is being able to consider an idea without immediately agreeing with it.

That in the soul which is called the mind is, before it thinks, not actually any real thing.

We must not listen to those who advise us 'being men to think human thoughts, and being mortal to think mortal thoughts' but must put on immortality as much as possible and strain every nerve to live according to that... ...

The soul becomes prudent by sitting and being quiet.

Man first begins to philosophize when the necessities of life are supplied.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.