Thomas Paine Quotes

I'm constantly thinking.

In Psychology we deal with minds and their processes, and leave out of account as far as possible the objects that we get to know by means of them.

But though cognition is not an element of mental action, nor even in any real sense of the word an aspect of it, the distinction of cognition and conation has if properly defined a definite value.

The brain is not, and cannot be, the sole or complete organ of thought and feeling.

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

Consciousness is the foundation of all thinking; and thinking is the foundation of all consciousness.

For psychological purposes the most important differences in conation are those in virtue of which the object is revealed as sensed or perceived or imaged or remembered or thought.

To live is to think.

Consciousness, rather than being something that we have, is something we participate in.

Every aspect of our lives plays out in two versions: one conscious, which we are constantly aware of, and the other unconscious, which remains hidden from us.

Words for mental processes are all derived from physical things.

I often wake up in the night, and I like to have something to think about.

We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.

When people ask me what I do, strangers on a plane, perhaps, I tell them that I think. Thinking is excellent exercise, as much as swimming or jogging.

To be and to think are one and the same for us.

My brain's always working, and gears are turning 24/7. So I was trying to think of solutions.

Sometimes, I believe I actually see the wheels in my brain turning.

It is amazing how many thoughts can race through your head in a minute.

the brain, the mind, and all the things that happen inside it, it's a very erogenous zone.

Thought is the measure of life.

I'm not sure if I could tell the difference—between just staring into space and thinking. We're usually thinking all the time, aren't we? Not that we live in order to think, but the opposite isn't true either—that we think in order to live. I believe, contrary to Descartes, that we sometimes think in order not to be. Staring into space might unintentionally have the opposite effect.

Remembering is part of thinking, but not all of it.

Consciousness is the smallest player in the operations of the brain.

Thinking. This book contains some. Whether you try it at home is up to you.

Without consciousness there would, practically speaking, be no world, for the world exists as such only in so far as it is consciously reflected and considered by a psyche. Consciousness is a precondition of being.