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 existed ready-made and which people only borrowed, like books from a library.
Milan KunderaTag: originality ideas independent-thought influence thoughts
And in such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, as Albert Camus suggested, not to be on the side of the executioners.
Howard ZinnTag: independent-thought
All the dreams you show up in are not your own.
Gil Scott-HeronTag: prejudice independent-thought
Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.
Adrienne RichTag: empowerment women feminism self-respect self-determination responsibility independent-thought critical-thinking
Whenever we hear an opinion and believe it, we make an agreement, and it becomes part of our belief system.
Miguel RuizTag: independent-thought critical-thinking spell
The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.
Christopher HitchensTag: thinking opinions skepticism independent-thought critical-thinking
If no one had ever challenged religious authority, there’d be no democracy, no public schools, women’s rights, improvements to science and medicine, evolution of slavery and no laws against child abuse or spousal abuse. I was afraid to challenge my religious beliefs because that was the basis of creation—mine anyway. I was afraid to question the Bible or anything in it, and when I did, that’s when I became involved with PFLAG and realized that my son was a perfectly normal human being and there was nothing for God to heal because Bobby was perfect just the way he was.
Mary GriffithTag: inspirational religion dissent independent-thought gay-rights
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 HitchensTag: humor wisdom truth independent-thought critical-thinking brainwashing
Do you know, the only people I can have a conversation with are the Jews? At least when they quote scripture at you they are not merely repeating something some priest has babbled in their ear. They have the great merit of disagreeing with nearly everything I say. In fact, they disagree with almost everything they say themselves. And most importantly, they don't think that shouting strengthens their argument.
Iain PearsTag: religion faith freedom-of-thought independent-thought argument discussion disagreement jews doctrine blind-faith judaism shouting
Considering he was neither priest nor scholar, the young man gave sensible, thoughtful replies -- the more so, perhaps, for being untrained, for he had not learned what he should believe or should not believe. Present a statement to him in flagrant contradiction to all Christian doctrine and he could be persuaded to agree on its good sense, unless he remembered it was the sort of thing of which pyres are made for the incautious.
Iain PearsTag: education reason freedom philosophy freedom-of-thought persecution rationality independent-thought catholicism freedom-of-religion doctrine inquisition good-sense schooling
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