Independent thinker Quote by Janice Sims

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

— rassool jibraeel snyman

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

— James Cook

“I do not know by what extraordinary mental accident modern writers so constantly connect the idea of progress with the idea of independent thinking.”

— G.K. Chesterton

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

— Christopher Hitchens

“The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within , not without : to follow one's own path,…

— Nicholas Tharcher

“What a robust people, what a nation of thinkers we might be, if we would only lay ourselves on the shelf occasionally and renew…

— Mark Twain

“Independent thought is hard and liberating, thoughtless acceptance is easy and enslaving.”

— Ronin

Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in…

— P. T. Barnum

“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

Everyone pretends to be 'free thinkers', but few individuals pass the line into expressive territories that may be detrimental to their own social well-being.

— Criss Jami

“The moment we begin to define others and ourselves by how we are different, the seeds of separation are planted.”

— Kim H. Krisco