Quotes about Cognition

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.

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.

things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.

The brain is very protective, it decides what we choose to remember.

We have learned to see the world in gasps.

What is a demanding pleasure that demands the use of ones mind! Not in the sense of problem solving, but in the sense of exercising discrimination, judgment, awareness.

Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.

Two percent of the people think; three percent of the people think they think; and ninety-five percent of the people would rather die than think.

The human brain works in, so far, mysterious and wondrous ways that are completely different than the ways that computers calculate. Things like appetite or emotion, how do those function in the brain?

Faith is unlearning this senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive. It is far more complex than simply modifying behavior. Faith is rewiring the human brain. We are literally upgrading our minds by downloading the mind of Christ.

It was easier to know it than to explain why I knew it.

That head of yours should be for use as well as ornament.