Ernest Dimnet (1866-1954), French priest, writer and lecturer, is the author of The Art of Thinking, a popular book on thinking and reasoning during the 1930s. Born in France, he moved to the United States after the First World War. The Art of Thinking was on the best-seller lists in the US in the 1930s, alongside Dale Carnegie's self-help works, but it is mostly forgotten today. Dimnet's "The art of thinking" invites the reader into a state of honesty where he evaluates himself as a thoughtful human being. Dimnet brings up the fact that we too often only "think of thinking" about something instead of actually thinking. He provides useful tips and advice on how to improve ones' concentration, and even endeavors to answer some timeless and all-important questions such "how do I find myself." Finding an answer to these questions, Dimnet explains, is crucial to the production of any original thought. We must know ourselves in order to think for ourselves.
- Quotes from Ernest Dimnet.
- Available copies of The Art of Thinking.
Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul. architecture
The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things. happiness
Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves. education
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. 32 thoughts from William Blake
32 thoughts from William Blake
Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. 6 other sayings from Franz Grillparzer
6 other sayings from Franz Grillparzer
For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. 2 other wisdom & wit from Storm Jameson
2 other wisdom & wit from Storm Jameson
To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. 73 wisdom & wit from Victor Hugo
73 wisdom & wit from Victor Hugo