Independent thought Quote by David DiSalvo

The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.

— Christopher Hitchens

“People tend to say "I like independent thinkers but they must think what i want them to think independently”

— rassool jibraeel snyman

“The human brain always concocts biases to aid in the construction of a coherent mental life, exclusively suitable for an individual’s personal needs.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Independent thinking alone is not suited to interdependent reality.

— Stephen Covey

“Independent thinking alone is not suited to interdependent reality. Independent people who do not have the maturity to think and act interdependently may be…

— Stephen R. Covey

“the brain's business is not to give us an accurate or objective view of the world, but to give us a useful view -…

— Robin Fox

“developmental theorists envision a mind rent by vertical splits between different self-states that have not been integrated with one another.”

— Stephen A. Mitchell

Throughout history, independent minds have carried mankind forward. Whether they identified how to make fire or manufacture tools, develop rational philosophy or create man-glorifying…

— Andrew Bernstein

“the brain has developed a constellation of mental sensations that feel like thoughts but aren’t.”

— Robert A. Burton

Independent thinkers are usually geniuses or idiots and at times it's hard to tell which.

— James Cook

In pursuing my fervent goal of relating external stimuli to reports about internal-neural change, we were, paradoxically enough, following the most orthodox tradition in…

— Timothy Leary

“Unconscious neural activity cannot be made conscious no matter how hard one tries. Part of ourselves is always hidden to us.”

— David Amerland