“Anxiety, and the physical symptoms it causes, is merely fog along the path of independence and discovery.” — Charles F. Glassman Copy Share Image
“I never cease to be amazed at how common groupthink is among today's populace.” — Colin M. McGroarty Copy Share Image
“The destination is fulfilling when the path is authentically your own; find the courage and forge your own path; your essence is… — Jesslyn Wolff Copy Share Image
“My feelings about women in general have been shaped by mother in particular--and Placidia, while nearly always loving and approachable to her… — Susan Rivers Copy Share Image
Information is Power. Think For Yourself. CAUTION: proper use of the brain is not endorsed by federal governments nor huge corporations involved… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“I want to oppose the idea that the school has to teach directly that special knowledge and those accomplishments which one has… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Exercise free will and creative, independent thought not for the satisfactions they will bring you, but for the good they will do… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
When we consider that each of us has only one life to live, isn’t it rather tragic to find men and women,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“fundamentally, people do not prefer independent thought and the accompanying responsibility, but rather orders, subordination, and the accompanying exemption from responsibility. In… — Yoshiki Tanaka Copy Share Image
“But what good is the popular opinion, if the lot of us just process like minions?” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“[A] quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business." (… — A.A. Milne Copy Share Image
“neuroscience research—has been providing evidence that “independent thought” is certainly not absolute, and possibly a figment of our egos’ making.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“People say, "What’s it like to be a minority of one, or a kick-bag for the Internet?" It washes off me like… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized... — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Demanding that all of us presume every defendant innocent outside of a courtroom is to demand that we stop evaluating facts, thereby… — Dan Abrams Copy Share Image
A Sannyasin cannot belong to any religion, for his is a life of independent thought, which draws from all religions; his is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Success also requires the courage to risk disapproval. Most independent thought, new ideas, or endeavors beyond the common measure are greeted with… — Chin-Ning Chu Copy Share Image
“evangelism of children nonetheless seeks to cut off the process of independent thought before it begins. It’s this aspect of religious indoctrination… — Dale McGowan Copy Share Image
“Seven Ways To Get Ahead in Business: 1. Be forward thinking 2. Be inventive, and daring 3. Do the right thing 4.… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
The Republican party is the party of nostalgia. It seeks to return America to a simpler, more innocent and moral past that… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Lesson number one in trying to develop the ability of independent thought: Understand that EVERYTHING the government says has the potential to… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
“Beware the God who seeks praise. Beware the guru who presumes to teach that which is unfixed and boundless. Beware the healer… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
Hitler's dictatorship differed in one fundamental point from all its predecessors in history. His was the first dictatorship in the present period… — Albert Speer Copy Share Image
Responsive leaders prefer knowledge and information to be spread as widely as possible among the population, because an informed public is necessary… — Teresa Stover Copy Share Image
“Is the burden of independent thought wearing you down? Do you dread the indecision that awaits every time you open your wardrobe?… — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image