Human Mind Quotes

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I see a pattern, but my imagination cannot picture the maker of that pattern. I see a clock, but I cannot envision the clockmaker. The… — Albert Einstein
Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the… — Charles Caleb Colton
It is a faculty of the human mind to become what it contemplates, and to act in unison with its object. — Thomas Paine
The two highest achievements of the human mind are the twin concepts of "loyalty" and "duty". Whenever these twin concepts fall into disrepute, get out… — Robert A. Heinlein
Cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human mind. They realize...that we have an infuriating inability to understand, let alone follow, even the… — Cleveland Amory
In studying the history of the human mind one is impressed again and again by the fact that the growth of the mind is the… — Carl Jung
The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to think for itself… — Agatha Christie
The growth of the human mind is still high adventure, in many ways the highest adventure on earth. — Norman Cousins
For chemistry is no science form'd Ã priori; 'tis no production of the human mind, framed by reasoning and deduction: it took its rise from… — Herman Boerhaave
No species ... possesses a purpose beyond the imperatives created by genetic history ... The human mind is a device for survival and reproduction, and… — E. O. Wilson
Nothing perhaps has so retarded the reception of the higher conclusions of Geology among men in general, as ... [the] instinctive parsimony of the human… — Charles Lapworth
Where faith commences, science ends. Both these arts of the human mind must be strictly kept apart from each other. Faith has its origin in… — Ernst Haeckel
Unless the structure of the nucleus has a surprise in store for us, the conclusion seems plain-there is nothing in the whole system if laws… — Arthur Eddington
We do not ask what hope of gain makes a little bird warble, since we know that it takes delight in singing because it is… — Johannes Kepler
But, indeed, the science of logic and the whole framework of philosophical thought men have kept since the days of Plato and Aristotle, has no… — George Herbert
The cause and root of nearly all evils in the sciences is this-that while we falsely admire and extol the powers of the human mind… — Francis Bacon
To sum up all, let it be known that science and religion are two identical words. The learned do not suspect this, no more do… — Victor Hugo
An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human… — Ambrose Bierce
Kant, discussing the various modes of perception by which the human mind apprehends nature, concluded that it is specially prone to see nature through mathematical… — James Jeans
Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent. — Samuel Johnson

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