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Close reading of tough-minded writing is still the best, cheapest, and quickest method known for learning to think for yourself... Reading, and rigorous discussion of…

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Growth and mastery come only to those who vigorously self-direct. Initiating, creating, doing, reflecting, freely associating, enjoying privacy-these are precisely what the…
I teach how to fit into a world I don't want to live in. I just can't do it anymore.
School is the first impression children get of organized society. Like most first impressions it is the lasting one. Life is dull…
The premise upon which mass compulsion schooling is based is dead wrong. It tries to shoehorn every style, culture, and personality into…
The shocking possibility that dumb people don't exist in sufficient numbers to warrant the millions of careers devoted to tending them will…
Curiosity has no important place in my work, only conformity.
The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them…
This was once a land where every sane person knew how to build a shelter, grow food, and entertain one another. Now…
Children allowed to take responsibility and given a serious part in the larger world are always superior to those merely permitted to…
Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood and by…
Do we really need school? I don't mean education, just forced schooling: six classes a day, five days a week, nine months…
Schools stifle family originality by appropriating the critical time needed for any sound idea of family to develop - then they blame…

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The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. — Coco Chanel
One of the first things I think young people, especially nowadays, should learn is how to see for yourself and listen for… — Malcolm X
Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions… — Elbert Hubbard
I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself. — Robin Williams
Develop and protect a moral sensibility and demonstrate the character to apply it. Dream big. Work hard. Think for yourself. Love everything… — David McCullough
To find yourself, think for yourself. — Socrates
Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases think for yourself. — Doris Lessing
If you read, you can learn to think for yourself. — Doris Lessing
When an old and distinguished person speaks to you, listen to him carefully and with respect — but do not believe him.… — Linus Pauling
The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself. — Peter Thiel
Think for yourself, and believe in yourself. Keep your skeptical antennae tuned in and in good working order at all times. We… — Dennis McKenna
Love is the most practical thing in the world. To love, to be kind, not to be greedy, not to be ambitious,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti

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