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title: "6 Conditioned Thinking Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [The things we think about, brood on, dwell on, and exult over influence our life in a thousand ways. When we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eknath-easwaran/the-things-we-think-about-brood-on-dwell-on-and-exult-over-influence/)

[Eknath Easwaran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eknath-easwaran/)

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> [I just haven't been conditioned into thinking that the right answer can't be a simple one. When I told you you'd been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/i-just-haven-t-been-conditioned-into-thinking-that-the-right-answer/)

[John Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brunner/)

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> [Once we realize the extraordinary power we have to compose our lives, well move from passive, conditioned thinking to being co-creators of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/once-we-realize-the-extraordinary-power-we-have-to-compose-our-lives/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

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> [Tradition, long conditioned thinking, can bring about a fixation, a concept that one readily accepts, perhaps not with a great deal of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/tradition-long-conditioned-thinking-can-bring-about-a-fixation-a/)

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

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> [Beneath the surface level of conditioned thinking in every one of us there is a single living spirit. The still small voice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eknath-easwaran/beneath-the-surface-level-of-conditioned-thinking-in-every-one-of-us/)

[Eknath Easwaran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eknath-easwaran/)

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> [“A Nasrudin 'joke' may at first seem unfunny, or pointless, but will after study change and begin to reveal itself: you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/a-nasrudin-joke-may-at-first-seem-unfunny-or-pointless-but-will-after/)

[Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/)

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