Quotes about Cognition
To know. Not to know about.
— Ted Dekker
We hear and apprehend only what we already half know.
— Henry David Thoreau
Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare
— Henry David Thoreau
We cannot see anything until we are possessed with the idea of it, take it into our heads, - and then we can hardly see anything else.
— Henry David Thoreau
Nothing was ever so unfamiliar and startling to a man as his own thoughts
— Henry David Thoreau
To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.
— Confucius
The soul never thinks without a picture.
— Aristotle
The intelligentsia are those who have been educated beyond their intelligence.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself.
— Robert Kiyosaki
God has given each one of us a gift greater than a thousand I.B.M. machines. It is called a memory, and everything that passes through our five senses is stored in this faculty.
— Mother Angelica
things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
— Marcus Aurelius
The brain is very protective, it decides what we choose to remember.
— Margaret Atwood