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> [“The great rationalist Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am.” The religious mystic the Buddha said, “I think, therefore I am not.” Why is the Buddha much more popular than Descartes? Because the average person barely thinks at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-stark/the-great-rationalist-descartes-said-i-think-therefore-i-am-the/)

Thomas Stark

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> [“Mindfulness opposes judgment, conceptualization, words, language, reason, logic, knowledge, understanding, science, philosophy, mathematics, history, intellectualism, learning from the past and planning for the future. It reduces thoughtful humans to the state of thoughtless animals, prisoners of the ignorance of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-stark/mindfulness-opposes-judgment-conceptualization-words-language-reason/)

Thomas Stark

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## More by Thomas Stark

> [“It’s time to introduce a new fallacy that we have coined the Kool-Aid Fallacy. It goes like this: “You disagree with me and I’m…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-stark/it-s-time-to-introduce-a-new-fallacy-that-we-have-coined-the-kool-aid/)

Thomas Stark

> [“The great rationalist Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am.” The religious mystic the Buddha said, “I think, therefore I am not.” Why is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-stark/the-great-rationalist-descartes-said-i-think-therefore-i-am-the/)

Thomas Stark

> [“Mindfulness opposes judgment, conceptualization, words, language, reason, logic, knowledge, understanding, science, philosophy, mathematics, history, intellectualism, learning from the past and planning for the future.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-stark/mindfulness-opposes-judgment-conceptualization-words-language-reason/)

Thomas Stark

> [“Any scientist that wants to change the prevailing paradigm is automatically branded a heretic, apostate, infidel, blasphemer, maverick or lunatic, exactly as happens with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-stark/any-scientist-that-wants-to-change-the-prevailing-paradigm-is/)

Thomas Stark

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