Exercise Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

“A man who has the inventive genius can't control it exactly as he wishes. Its working depends in great measure on inspiration--on a momentary…

— Henrik Ibsen

Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise. "Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly proverb. "Necessity…

— Alfred North Whitehead

“Therefore the man of genius requires imagination, in order to see in things not what nature has actually formed, but what she endeavoured to…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Genius requires an audience.

— Jacqueline Carey

I picture the vast realm of the sciences as an immense landscape scattered with patches of dark and light. The goal towards which we…

— Denis Diderot

Invention is an Heroic thing, and plac'd above the reach of a low, and vulgar Genius. It requires an active, a bold, a nimble,…

— Thomas Sprat

A man cannot wheedle nor overawe his Genius. It requires to be conciliated by nobler conduct than the world demands or can appreciate.

— Henry David Thoreau

And so was Luria, whose words now came back to me: ‘A man does not consist of memory alone. He has feeling, will, sensibility,…

— Oliver Sacks

I did a lot of thinking, and used mental activity to relieve whatever feelings I had. I became very left-brained, and I was good…

— George Carlin

As far as inner action is concerned, we are only rarely truly self-determined persons, for the major part of our conscious mental activity rather…

— Thomas Metzinger

By relaxation, I don't mean falling asleep in front of the TV set or unwinding with friends. The kind I'm talking about is a…

— Bernie Siegel

When all mental activity around who you think you are or what you need for happiness is stopped, there is a crack in the…

— Gangaji