#thinking

"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present."

"The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour."

"You are allowed to think whatever you want at Emory, so long as it is approved by administrators. They are watching."

"Be willing for purpose; it pays huge returns on investment. And along the journey, those who dis your willing sacrifice(s) will ponder their own foolishness."

"Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking."

"As for gun control advocates, I have no hope whatever that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking - or lack of thinking."

"...and you drink a little too much and try a little too hard. And you go home to a cold bed and think, 'That was fine'. And your life is a long line of fine."

"Closed in a room, my imagination becomes the universe, and the rest of the world is missing out."

"The manlier you are, the harder it is to understand what a woman wants: there is not a hint of female brain in you."

"Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains."

"We can live forever even with an impactful shorter-life."

"I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will."

"He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: environment is but a looking glass."

"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."

"Absurdity is the ecstasy of intellectualism."

"Decision decides destiny. What God wants you to become is the positive person you decide to become when led by God's spirit."

"My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process."

"The decision to empty my mind was a no-brainer."

"If you are ready for the secret, you already possess one half of it,therefore, you will readily recognize the other half the moment it reaches your mind."

"The thing about living alone is that it gives you a lot of time to think. You don't necessarily reach any conclusions, because wisdom is largely a function of intelligence and self-awareness, not time on your hands. But you do become very good at thinking yourself into endless loops of desperation in half the time it would take a normal person."