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title: "4 Goal Thinking Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“The goal is to move the thinking that we do every day to the feeling that we often ignore and don't pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-ha-campbell/the-goal-is-to-move-the-thinking-that-we-do-every-day-to-the-feeling/)

[Kim Ha Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-ha-campbell/)

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> [“This is great. But what I’m grasping at is an idea about a subtler goal. This thinking owes a lot to conversations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-sapolsky/this-is-great-but-what-i-m-grasping-at-is-an-idea-about-a-subtler/)

[Robert M. Sapolsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-sapolsky/)

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> [“But dogmatism—or the inclination "to identify the goal of our thinking with the point at which we have become tired of thinking"—is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-strauss/but-dogmatism-or-the-inclination-to-identify-the-goal-of-our-thinking/)

[Leo Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-strauss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/leo-strauss-12446_dogmatism_but-dogmatism-or-the-inclination-to-iden_1432351.jpg)

> [“The simple thing behind many failures in life is to give up on the goal, thinking that all paths have been exhausted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/the-simple-thing-behind-many-failures-in-life-is-to-give-up-on-the/)

[Mehmet Murat ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/)

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