Johann Georg Hamann Quotes

One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason.

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.

My brain power depends on my retained mastery of analyzing in detail what's happening in my world and in my mind and body. I must continue to practice to retain my constructive and analytic powers. The goal is to be a master of my environment.

Metaphysical thinking will always no doubt be a strong element in her mentality, and it is to be hoped that she will never lose her great, her sovereign powers in that direction.

Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open.

By discovering how our minds work, we can improve our learning power and unlock our true potential.

My IQ for the game is very high. I think that will help me out a lot.

One cannot with impunity try to transfer this task entirely to mechanical assistants if one wishes to figure something, even though the final result is often small indeed.

Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, and the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it very well.

In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.

Intelligence is the ability to solve problems

Wisdom lies in thinking. The spear-head of thinking is rationalism.

A research problem is not solved by apparatus; it is solved in a man's head.

The mind which is most capable of receiving impressions is very often the least capable of drawing conclusions.

The capacity to reason is a special sort of capacity because it can lead us to places that we did not expect to go.

There are perhaps 5% of the population that simply can't think. There are another 5% who can, and do. The remaining 90% can think, but don't

Thinking clearly and effectively is the greatest asset of any human being. We are constantly reminded that the one superiority that man has over other animals is the ability to think. It is primarily our ability to think that sets us apart from other animals.

Clevinger had a mind, and Lieutenant Scheisskoph had noticed that people with minds tended to get pretty smart at times.

Then you have a big problem, because a human is a thinking animal. If you don't think, you're not really a human.

To a philosopher no circumstance, however trifling, is too minute.

People who think well, write well

Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature and judgments that overthrow the rule of reason.

Philosophy is "an unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly.