“[M]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so… — John Locke Copy Share Image
My only supporter and comrade-in-arms was Georg Helm, who had endeavored to formulate an energetic conception of science before me and had… — Wilhelm Ostwald Copy Share Image
In the long run [censorship] will create a generation incapable of appreciating the difference between independence of thought and subservience. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
“I promise to question everything my leaders tell me. I promise to use my critical faculties. I promise to develop my independence… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
A society with too few independent thinkers is vulnerable to control by disturbed and opportunistic leaders. A society which wants to create… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Since I reached the conclusion that the essence of the creative person is being in love with what one is doing, I… — Ellis Paul Torrance Copy Share Image
“Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Crimes against women won’t stop! As women gain more independence (both in thought and in spirit), castration anxiety will act out and… — Mallika Nawal Copy Share Image
“The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellowmen.” — Robert Ingersoll Copy Share Image
It's strange that in an age when we pride ourselves on our independence of thought we meekly submit without further question to… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action-Into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Among the droves of men with political ambitions in the United States, I found very few with that virile candor, that manly… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done—occasionally what men have not done—thereby establishing themselves as persons,… — Amelia Earhart Copy Share Image
Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game. — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
When I think of the most able students I have encountered in my teaching - I mean those who have distinguished themselves… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image