Learning how to think really means learning to exercise some control over how and what you think.

David Foster Wallace · The source reads: “Learning how to think really means learning to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.” · This Is Water, commencement address, Kenyon College (May 21, 2005)

Lonely people tend to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans.

David Foster Wallace · The source reads: “Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people. People affect them too strongly.” · E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction (1993)

In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

David Foster Wallace · The source reads: “By all means stay home if you want, but don't bullshit yourself that you're not voting. In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.” · Up, Simba! (2000)

Learning how to think really means learning to exercise some control over how and what you think.

Lonely people tend to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans.

In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

Make no mistake: irony tyrannizes us.

One must never be discouraged by defeats in one’s youth, but continue to learn throughout one’s whole life.

Grace is given of God, but knowledge is bought in the market.

For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself.

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“Learning how to think really means learning to exercise some control over how and what you think.”

“Lonely people tend to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans.”

“In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.”

“Make no mistake: irony tyrannizes us.”

“One must never be discouraged by defeats in one’s youth, but continue to learn throughout one’s whole life.”

“Grace is given of God, but knowledge is bought in the market.”

“For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself.”

We Value Your Opinion Comments

Learning how to think really means learning to exercise some control over how and what you think.

Lonely people tend to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans.

In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

Make no mistake: irony tyrannizes us.

One must never be discouraged by defeats in one’s youth, but continue to learn throughout one’s whole life.

Grace is given of God, but knowledge is bought in the market.

For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself.