"And thought struggles against the results, trying to……" — David Bohm
"And thought struggles against the results, trying to avoid those unpleasant results while keeping on with that way of thinking. That is what I call 'sustained incoherence."
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David Bohm
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31 Quotes by David Bohm
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The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.
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Similarly, thought is a system. That system not only includes thought and feelings, but it includes the state of the…
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In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe.…
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This kind of overall way of thinking is not only a fertile source of new theoretical ideas: it is needed…
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A new kind of mind thus beings to come into being which is based on the development of a common…
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Indeed, the attempt to live according to the notion that the fragments are really separate is, in essence, what has…
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My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of…
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People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in…
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