Ogden Nash, “Lines Fraught with Naught But Thought”:
Descartes was one of the few who think, therefore they are,
Because those who don’t think, but are anyhow, outnumber them by far.
If of chaos we are on the brink
It is because so many people only think that they think.
In truth, of anything other than thinking they are fonder,
Because thought requires the time and effort to reflect, cogitate, contemplate, meditate, ruminate and ponder.
Their minds are exposed to events and ideas but they have never pondered or reflected on them
Any more than motion picture screens meditate on the images that are projected on them.
