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title: "5 Basis Thinking Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/if-you-don-t-contradict-yourself-on-a-regular-basis-then-you-re-not/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [“According to Dr. Karl Albrecht in his book Brain Building, the basis of thinking logically is called “sequential thought.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-ledger/according-to-dr-karl-albrecht-in-his-book-brain-building-the-basis-of/)

[Brian Ledger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-ledger/)

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> [Without knowing myself, I have no real basis for thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/without-knowing-myself-i-have-no-real-basis-for-thinking/)

[Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/)

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> [If I do not understand myself, the whole complexity of myself, I have no basis for thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/if-i-do-not-understand-myself-the-whole-complexity-of-myself-i-have/)

[Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/)

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> [Being is the basis of thinking, thinking is the basis of action, action is the basis of achievement and achievement is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maharishi-mahesh-yogi/being-is-the-basis-of-thinking-thinking-is-the-basis-of-action-action/)

[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maharishi-mahesh-yogi/)

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