David Bohm

Thus, in a dialogue each person does not attempt to make common certain ideas or items of information that are already known…

— David Bohm

In relativity, movement is continuous, causally determinate and well defined, while in quantum mechanics it is discontinuous, not causally determinate and not…

— David Bohm

Similarly, thought is a system. That system not only includes thought and feelings, but it includes the state of the body; it…

— David Bohm

Yet it looks as if the thing we use to solve our problems with is the source of our problems. It's like…

— David Bohm

This is another major feature of thought: Thought doesn't know it is doing something and then it struggles against it is doing.…

— David Bohm

Thought runs you. Thought, however, gives false info that you are running it, that you are the one who controls it. Whereas…

— David Bohm

“The point is that we have all sorts of assumptions, not only about politics or economics or religion, but also about what…

— David Bohm

“In the dialogue people should talk directly to one another, one to one, across the circle. Then the time would come, if…

— David Bohm

“For both the rich and the poor, life is dominated by an ever growing current of problems, most of which seem to…

— David Bohm

The treatment of the indeterminacy principle as absolute and final can then be criticized as constituting an arbitrary restriction on scientific theories,…

— David Bohm

We have reversed the usual classical notion that the independent "elementary parts" of the world are the fundamental reality, and that the…

— David Bohm

If you engage in positive thinking to overcome negative thoughts, the negative thoughts are still there acting. That's still incoherence. It's not…

— David Bohm

It is proposed that a form of free dialogue may well be one of the most effective ways of investigating the crisis…

— David Bohm

From the point of view of the species, death is part of this whole process. You could say that species have evolved…

— David Bohm

Thought reflexes get conditioned very strongly, and they are very hard to change. And the also interfere. A reflex may connect to…

— David Bohm

We are all linked by a fabric of unseen connections. This fabric is constantly changing and evolving. This field is directly structured…

— David Bohm

So one begins to wonder what is going to happen to the human race. Technology keeps on advancing with greater and greater…

— David Bohm

One thus sees that a new kind of theory is needed which drops these basic commitments and at most recovers some essential…

— David Bohm

My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of what is…

— David Bohm

Then there is the further question of what is the relationship of thinking to reality. As careful attention shows, thought itself is…

— David Bohm

“violence doesn't stop merely by saying, 'we'll act based on love', because that can become just an idea that gets absorbed into…

— David Bohm

The system [of thought] doesn't stay with the difficult problem that produces unpleasant feelings. It's conditioned somehow to move as fast as…

— David Bohm

Indeed, the attempt to live according to the notion that the fragments are really separate is, in essence, what has led to…

— David Bohm

If we can be cheered up by positive images we can be depressed by negative ones. As long as we accept images…

— David Bohm

But you don't decide what to do with the info. Thought runs you. Thought, however, gives false info that you are running…

— David Bohm