--- title: "17 Human Thinking Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 Human Thinking quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Human Thinking sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/you-ng-micky-m-yzzy-67135_human_human-thinking-envelope-the-world-with-m_113068.jpg" --- > [Human thinking envelope the world with mystery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/you-ng-micky-m-yzzy/human-thinking-envelope-the-world-with-mystery/) [You'ng Micky M'yzzy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/you-ng-micky-m-yzzy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/you-ng-micky-m-yzzy-67135_human_human-thinking-envelope-the-world-with-m_113068.jpg) > [Then you have a big problem, because a human is a thinking animal. If you don't think, you're not really a human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/then-you-have-a-big-problem-because-a-human-is-a-thinking-animal-if/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b0/jostein-gaarder-676_animal_then-you-have-a-big-problem-because-a-hu_1113100.png) > [The question whether objective truth can be attributed to human thinking is not a question of theory but is a practical question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/the-question-whether-objective-truth-can-be-attributed-to-human/) [Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a5/melchor-lim-61_facts_the-question-whether-objective-truth-can_1989489.jpg) > [In recent times, more and more human thinking has come to assume that the idea of a universal natural law and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-reich/in-recent-times-more-and-more-human-thinking-has-come-to-assume-that/) [Wilhelm Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-reich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/wilhelm-reich-2565_assuming_in-recent-times-more-and-more-human-thin_1366961.jpg) > [Human's can't live in the present as animals do; they just live in the present. But human's are always thinking about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/human-s-can-t-live-in-the-present-as-animals-do-they-just-live-in-the/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/townes-van-zandt-25714_animal_human-s-can-t-live-in-the-present-as-ani_1076276.jpg) > [Human thinking depends on metaphor. We understand new and complex things in relation to the things we already know... once you pick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-haidt/human-thinking-depends-on-metaphor-we-understand-new-and-complex/) [Jonathan Haidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-haidt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/jonathan-haidt-1823_complexes_human-thinking-depends-on-metaphor-we-un_3014837.jpg) > [Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/philosophy-is-the-thoughts-of-men-about-human-thinking-reasoning-and/) [Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/charles-william-eliot-18707_existence_philosophy-is-the-thoughts-of-men-about_1532031.jpg) > [“They say human is a thinking animal; in times of war, don’t even use the adjective ‘thinking’!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/they-say-human-is-a-thinking-animal-in-times-of-war-don-t-even-use/) [Mehmet Murat ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_animal_they-say-human-is-a-thinking-animal-in-t_3173287.jpg) > [It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments frequently take place at those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-heisenberg/it-is-probably-true-quite-generally-that-in-the-history-of-human-2/) [Werner Heisenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-heisenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72a/werner-heisenberg-4501_development_it-is-probably-true-quite-generally-that_3072589.jpg) > [“Consider: There is no division of humanity into strong and weak halves, protective/protected, dominant/submissive, owner/chattel, active/passive. In fact the whole tendency to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/consider-there-is-no-division-of-humanity-into-strong-and-weak-halves/) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/ursula-k-le-guin-138_nature-of-man_consider-there-is-no-division-of-humanit_1733006.jpg) > [“He didn't believe animals could think, not in the way he defined the term, but he wasn't much impressed with human thinking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/he-didn-t-believe-animals-could-think-not-in-the-way-he-defined-the/) [Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2db/karen-joy-fowler-3727_animal_he-didn-t-believe-animals-could-think-no_3028852.png) > [Human thinking can skip over a great deal, leap over small misunderstandings, can contain ifs and buts in untroubled corners of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/human-thinking-can-skip-over-a-great-deal-leap-over-small/) [Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/ellen-ullman-3943_brain_human-thinking-can-skip-over-a-great-dea_2909341.jpg) > [Mathematics is the summit of human thinking. It has all the creativity and imagination that you can find in all kinds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meir-shalev/mathematics-is-the-summit-of-human-thinking-it-has-all-the-creativity/) [Meir Shalev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meir-shalev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/meir-shalev-57713_all-kinds_mathematics-is-the-summit-of-human-think_447747.jpg) > [It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments frequently take place at those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-heisenberg/it-is-probably-true-quite-generally-that-in-the-history-of-human/) [Werner Heisenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-heisenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44c/werner-heisenberg-4501_development_it-is-probably-true-quite-generally-that_201091.jpg) > [“The ordinary modes of human thinking are magical, religious, social, and personal. We want our wishes to come true; we want the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-derbyshire/the-ordinary-modes-of-human-thinking-are-magical-religious-social-and/) [John Derbyshire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-derbyshire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/john-derbyshire-20276_nature-of-man_the-ordinary-modes-of-human-thinking-are_2290117.png) > [“What can we say for and about this behavioral version, this bounded rationality version, of human thinking and problem solving? The first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-simon/what-can-we-say-for-and-about-this-behavioral-version-this-bounded/) [Herbert Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b97/herbert-simon-15495_human-behavior_what-can-we-say-for-and-about-this-behav_1637271.png) > [“Blindness to larger contexts is a constitutional defect of human thinking imposed by the painful necessity of being able to concentrate on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/blindness-to-larger-contexts-is-a-constitutional-defect-of-human/) [Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f06/hugh-nibley-13330_quote_blindness-to-larger-contexts-is-a-consti_174017.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-thinking/#itemlist", "name": "Human Thinking Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Human thinking envelope the world with mystery", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "You'ng Micky M'yzzy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/you-ng-micky-m-yzzy/human-thinking-envelope-the-world-with-mystery/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/you-ng-micky-m-yzzy-67135_human_human-thinking-envelope-the-world-with-m_113068.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/you-ng-micky-m-yzzy-67135_human_human-thinking-envelope-the-world-with-m_113068.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/you-ng-micky-m-yzzy-67135_human_human-thinking-envelope-the-world-with-m_113068.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Human thinking envelope the world with mystery” — You'ng Micky M'yzzy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Then you have a big problem, because a human is a thinking animal. 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Despite all the attempts to see the computer as a brain, the machine has no foreground or background.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ellen Ullman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/human-thinking-can-skip-over-a-great-deal-leap-over-small/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/ellen-ullman-3943_brain_human-thinking-can-skip-over-a-great-dea_2909341.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/ellen-ullman-3943_brain_human-thinking-can-skip-over-a-great-dea_2909341.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/ellen-ullman-3943_brain_human-thinking-can-skip-over-a-great-dea_2909341.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Human thinking can skip over a great deal, leap over small misunderstandings, can contain ifs and buts in…” — Ellen Ullman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Mathematics is the summit of human thinking. 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These lines may have their roots in quite different parts of human nature, in different times or different cultural environments or different religious traditions: hence if they actually meet, that is, if they are at least so much related to each other that a real interaction can take place, then one may hope that new and interesting developments may follow.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Werner Heisenberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-heisenberg/it-is-probably-true-quite-generally-that-in-the-history-of-human/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44c/werner-heisenberg-4501_development_it-is-probably-true-quite-generally-that_201091.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44c/werner-heisenberg-4501_development_it-is-probably-true-quite-generally-that_201091.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44c/werner-heisenberg-4501_development_it-is-probably-true-quite-generally-that_201091.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments…” — Werner Heisenberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The ordinary modes of human thinking are magical, religious, social, and personal. We want our wishes to come true; we want the universe to care about us; we want the approval of those around us; we want to get even with that s.o.b. who insulted us at the last tribal council. 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