“ The only people we want to blame are ourselves, because it will be ourselves that we rely upon. Markus Zusak
“ In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei
“ He was no longer quite sure whether anything he had ever thought or felt was truly his own property, or whether his thoughts were merely a common part of the world’s store of ideas which had always ex… Milan Kundera
“ When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. Anais Nin
“ The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks. Christopher Hitchens
“ Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and f… Albert Einstein
“ The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thin A.A. Milne
“ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him will believeth in anything. - Hitchens 3:16 Christopher Hitchens
“ Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is no… Leo Tolstoy
“ His early failure had released him from any felt obligation to think along institutional lines and his thoughts were already independent to a degree few people are familiar with. He felt that institut… Robert M. Pirsig
“ Learning how to stand on your own feet and avoid leaning on somebody's shoulder will literally help you to sharpen your knife in this era. moolesh.k.dindoyal
“ Silence. Montag sat like a carved white stone. The echo of the final hammer on his skull died slowly away into the black cavern where Faber waited for the echoes to subside. And then when the startled… Ray Bradbury
“ Culture is a virus. It distorts your view of the world and destroys your capacity to think independently. Merlyn Gabriel Miller
“ Tokyo is bigger than Kumamoto. And Japan is bigger than Tokyo. And even bigger than Japan... Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don't ever surrender yourself ― not to Japan, not to any… Sōseki Natsume
“ Thinking for yourself and making your own decisions can be frightening. Letting go of other people’s expectations can leave you feeling empty for a time. And yet seeing yourself as an independent adul… Ellen Bass
