Ryle, Gilbert

"The mind is not a piece of wax to receive impressions, but an active agent."

"Thinking is not a separate activity that can be divorced from action."

"The concept of mind as a private theatre is a categorical mistake."

"To say that a person knows something is to say they can do something."

"Intellect is not a fifth wheel on the cart of human action."

"The ghost in the machine is merely a myth."

"Skill is not the application of rules learned by heart."

"Motives are not inner causes of actions but reasons for actions."

"Absurdity is often the best teacher."

"One is always talking about oneself while talking about philosophy."

"A person who is good at one thing is not necessarily good at explaining it."

"Understanding requires more than the acquisition of facts."

"The notion of a pure intellect is incoherent."

"Practice does not make perfect; it makes permanent."

"Language is not the dress of thought but the shape of thought itself."

"Knowing how is not reducible to knowing that."

"The body is not merely a vehicle for the mind."

"Careless speech is not innocent."

"Philosophy thrives on mistakes and disagreements."

"To understand concepts is to be able to use them properly."

"There is no single hidden essence that makes something art."

"Emotions are not eruptions but intelligent responses."

"The observer affects the observed through observation."

"Imagination is disciplined, not lawless."

"Categories are the framework through which we see the world."

"To be ambitious is to want to do something well."

"The mind cannot be located in space like a body."

"Understanding is shown in performance, not in recitation."

"Habits are the architecture of character."

"We do not understand what we cannot use."