Quotes about Cognition

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

We have a natural tendency to remember what we should forget and forget what we should remember. That's where mantras come in.

Neurologically speaking, that is what we do when we study Scripture. We are literally upgrading our minds by downloading the mind of Christ.

When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not; but I am getting old, and soon I shall remember only the latter.

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working when you get up in the morning, and doesn't stop until you get to the office.

The power of the mind is an incredible thing, one that can never be underestimated.

Everyone, in his or her own way, struggled to express the baldly obrious fact that the president did not know enough, did not know what he didn't know, did not particularly care, and, to boot, was confident if not serene in his unquestioned certitudes.

Words are an extension of our thoughts, but we are our thoughts. Proverbs 23:7 says, "As [a man] thinks in his heart, so is he" (nkjv). God desires not to talk to you, but to "think" to you. This is what Jesus meant when He said, "I do what I see My Father doing" (John 5:19). The text implies, "I do what I mentally see My Father thinking.

The reason we are justified in trusting our minds is that God designed them to "fit" the world he created.

We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well.

they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;

‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?