Quotes about "Wisdom & Knowledge"

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe. ”

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking. ”

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive. ”

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ”

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. ”

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. ”

The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism. ”

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death, the body maintains its irreparable lead. ”

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone. ”

I had a very wise person tell me that he thinks marriage, when you're younger, you keep thinking you can fix things. That's what people do. And you can't really fix anything. It shouldn't be a massive difficult thing every day. Life's difficult enough. ”