Quotes about thinking
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John Steinbeck1902–1968East of Eden (1952), Part 2, Ch. 13. i- John Steinbeck1902–1968East of Eden (1952), Part 2, Ch. 13. i
And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.
John Steinbeck1902–1968East of Eden (1952), Part 2, Ch. 13
Gloria Steinem1934–2026Moving Beyond Words (1994), Part 6: Doing Sixty, p. 270
Jonathan Swift1667–1745Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711-1726)Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired.
Jonathan Swift1667–1745Letter to a Young Clergyman (January 9, 1720), on proving Christianity to unbelieversAn idea starts to be interesting when you get scared of taking it to its logical conclusion.
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 3Intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant.
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 78Mental clarity is the child of courage, not the other way around.
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 57Rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007), p. 203
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863The History of Henry Esmond (1852), Bk. II, Ch. 1.Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.
I come to state that I’m a man, free to think for myself and do as I please.
Clarence Thomasborn 1948I Am a Man, a Black Man, an American (1998)
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849), Wednesday
