--- title: "7 Thinking Intellectual Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Thinking Intellectual quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Thinking Intellectual sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/harvard-business-school-press_intellectual_if-thinking-is-an-intellectual-response_74129.jpg" --- > [“If thinking is an intellectual response to a problem, then the absence of a problem leads to the absence of thinking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvard-business-school-press/if-thinking-is-an-intellectual-response-to-a-problem-then-the-absence/) [Harvard Business School Press](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvard-business-school-press/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/harvard-business-school-press_intellectual_if-thinking-is-an-intellectual-response_74129.jpg) > [“I began to realize that an intuitive understanding and consciousness was more significant than abstract thinking and intellectual logical analysis,” he later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/i-began-to-realize-that-an-intuitive-understanding-and-consciousness/) [Walter Isaacson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-isaacson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/walter-isaacson-384_abstract-thinking_i-began-to-realize-that-an-intuitive-und_503325.jpg) > [One of the greatest challenges facing civilization in the twenty-first century is for human beings to learn to speak about their deepest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/one-of-the-greatest-challenges-facing-civilization-in-the-twenty/) [Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/sam-harris-457_accord_one-of-the-greatest-challenges-facing-ci_893815.jpg) > [I spend a lot more time than any person should have to talking with lawyers and thinking about intellectual property issues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-spend-a-lot-more-time-than-any-person-should-have-to-talking-with/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/linus-torvalds-1512_intellectual_i-spend-a-lot-more-time-than-any-person_918604.jpg) > [I began to realize that an intuitive understanding and consciousness was more significant than abstract thinking and intellectual logical analysis. Intuition is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-began-to-realize-that-an-intuitive-understanding-and-consciousness-2/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/steve-jobs-307_abstract_i-began-to-realize-that-an-intuitive-und_1461659.jpg) > [Science is an intellectual journey, and to me, it's not the destination, it's the journeyto get there. It's a way of thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lightman/science-is-an-intellectual-journey-and-to-me-it-s-not-the-destination/) [Alan Lightman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lightman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54d/alan-lightman-2270_age_science-is-an-intellectual-journey-and-t_2276234.png) > [“In our culture we tend to equate thinking and intellectual powers with success and achievement. In many ways, however, it is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/in-our-culture-we-tend-to-equate-thinking-and-intellectual-powers/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/robert-greene-498_desire_in-our-culture-we-tend-to-equate-thinkin_2529021.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking-intellectual/#itemlist", "name": "Thinking Intellectual Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If thinking is an intellectual response to a problem, then the absence of a problem leads to the absence of thinking.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Harvard Business School Press" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvard-business-school-press/if-thinking-is-an-intellectual-response-to-a-problem-then-the-absence/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/harvard-business-school-press_intellectual_if-thinking-is-an-intellectual-response_74129.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/harvard-business-school-press_intellectual_if-thinking-is-an-intellectual-response_74129.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/harvard-business-school-press_intellectual_if-thinking-is-an-intellectual-response_74129.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If thinking is an intellectual response to a problem, then the absence of a problem leads to the absence of…” — Harvard Business School Press", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I began to realize that an intuitive understanding and consciousness was more significant than abstract thinking and intellectual logical analysis,” he later said.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter Isaacson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/i-began-to-realize-that-an-intuitive-understanding-and-consciousness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/walter-isaacson-384_abstract-thinking_i-began-to-realize-that-an-intuitive-und_503325.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/walter-isaacson-384_abstract-thinking_i-began-to-realize-that-an-intuitive-und_503325.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/walter-isaacson-384_abstract-thinking_i-began-to-realize-that-an-intuitive-und_503325.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I began to realize that an intuitive understanding and consciousness was more significant than abstract…” — Walter Isaacson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the greatest challenges facing civilization in the twenty-first century is for human beings to learn to speak about their deepest personal concerns-about ethics, spiritual experience, and the inevitability of human suffering-in ways that are not flagrantly irrational. We desperately need a public discourse that encourages critical thinking and intellectual honesty. 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