What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.
Criss JamiTag: different genius simplicity independent-thought privacy independent envy self-sufficiency superiority creative inferiority misunderstanding distinction complex odd difficulties genius-distinction inferiority-complex intimidating
Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.
Edward AbbeyTag: mind heart dogma independent-thought orthodoxy strictness critical-thinking
The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.
Ralph Waldo EmersonTag: self-esteem confidence courage courage-to-be-oneself self-determination independent-thought pride lightning protection self-belief self-protection lightning-rod self-reliance-independence
The cliche about prison life is that I am actually integrated into it, ruined by it, when my accommodation to it is so overwhelming that I can no longer stand or even imagine freedom, life outside prison, so that my release brings about a total psychic breakdown, or at least gives rise to a longing for the lost safety of prison life. The actual dialectic of prison life, however, is somewhat more refined. Prison in effect destroys me, attains a total hold over me, precisely when I do not fully consent to the fact that I am in prison but maintain a kind of inner distance towards it, stick to the illusion that ‘real life is elsewhere’ and indulge all the time in daydreaming about life outside, about nice things that are waiting for me after my release or escape. I thereby get caught in the vicious cycle of fantasy, so that when, eventually, I am released, the grotesque discord between fantasy and reality breaks me down. The only true solution is therefore fully to accept the rules of prison life and then, within the universe governed by these rules, to work out a way to beat them. In short, inner distance and daydreaming about Life Elsewhere in effect enchain me to prison, whereas full acceptance of the fact that I am really there, bound by prison rules, opens up a space for true hope.
Slavoj ŽižekTag: prison independent-thought slavery fantacies freedome
Never blindly believe, never blindly follow.
Alex TreacherTag: independent-thought
Nein, die Schule hat keinen bestimmenden Einfluss auf meine Entwicklung gehabt. Die Schule hat von meinen besonderen Anlagen wohl instinktiv etwas gespürt, sie aber als obstinate Untauglichkeit gewertet und verworfen. Ein Lehrer drohte, zufällig nicht mir, sondern einem anderen Schüler, mit den Worten: "Ich werde dir deine Karriere schon verderben!" Am gleichen Tag las ich bei Storm den Spruch: "Was du immer kannst, zu werden, scheue Arbeit nicht und Wachen, aber hüte deine Seele vor dem Karrieremachen.
Thomas MannTag: education empowerment school writers work ambition independent-thought gifts dedication talents career critical-thinking
It turns out that indecision is a path itself; but figuratively, a vertical path - up or down - meaning it isn't always a fruitless path. One is forgotten, but the other is glorified. To be what they call 'middle-of-the-road' in most cases just means you have a hard time figuring out who between options is dumber. So quite often those who refused to decide were, after all, the bold individuals, the influential ones, the creative ones, those who snatched their own authority.
Criss JamiTag: politics liberal creativity independence right independent-thought decision authority independent indecision refusal conservative republican individuals left middle democratic influential middle-of-the-road
People say, "What’s it like to be a minority of one, or a kick-bag for the Internet?" It washes off me like jizz off a porn star’s face.
Christopher HitchensTag: inspirational independent-thought contrarianism
Now whenever things are so that a lot of people feel they ought to be doing something, the weak, and those who go weak with a lot of complicated thinking, always make for a sort of do-nothing religion, very pious and superior, and submit to persecution and the will of the Lord.
H.G. WellsTag: independent-thought
Higher level independence starts with the freedom and independence of the mind to think and act according to the highest principles of knowledge and worthy traditions of a nation.
Wan Mohd Nor Wan DaudTag: independent-thought
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