Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.
—William Shakespeare, 1603Quotes
What is outside my mind means nothing to it.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 170What the brain does by itself is infinitely more fascinating and complex than any response it can make to chemical stimulation.
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1971The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851Not all heads have a brain.
—French proverbWe need strength, we need energy, we need quickness, and we need brain in this country to turn it around.
—Donald Trump, 2015Imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.
—Henry Ward Beecher, 1887Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
—Alexander Pope, 1733Every thought is, strictly speaking, an afterthought.
—Hannah Arendt, 1978The universe is an object of thought at least as much as it is a means of satisfying needs.
—Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1962As is the face, so is the mind.
—Roman proverbWhat is the hardest task in the world? To think.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841Understanding is a very dull occupation.
—Gertrude Stein, 1937