Independence Of Thought Quotes

“Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.”
― Voltaire, Traité sur la tolérance, à l'occasion de la mort de Jean Calas

“The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellowmen.”
― Robert Ingersoll, The Liberty Of Man, Woman And Child

“Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If they give you lined paper, write the other way.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“[M]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out of the common road.”
― John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

“Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don't ever surrender yourself- not to Japan, not to anything. You may think that what you're doing is for the sake of the nation, but let something take possession of you like that, and all you do is bring it down.”
― Natsume Soseki

“Always trust your instincts girls. I’m telling you two right now, if a man makes your skin crawl, run away as fast as you can …”
― D.J. Howard, Schooled in Silence

“I'm not a rebel. I just like finding solutions by myself - Nashira Jaynes.”
― Deepika Kumaaraguru, Ethereal

“What weakens this force, what makes you not feel it or even doubt its existence, is the degree to which you have succumbed to another force in life - social pressures to conform. This counterforce can be very powerful. You want to fit into a group. Unconsciously, you might feel that what makes you different is embarrassing or painful. Your parents often act as a counterforce as well. They may seek to direct you to a career path that is lucrative and comfortable. If these counterforces become strong enough, you can lose complete contact with your uniqueness, with who you really are. Your inclination and desires become modeled on those of others.”
― Robert Greene, Mastery

“Freedom is a bird. Freedom is unapologetic, sometimes it’s lonely, and more often it’s bold." –Venus Tree by Bibiana Krall”
― Bibiana Krall

“Crimes against women won’t stop! As women gain more independence (both in thought and in spirit), castration anxiety will act out and will always find a Medusa to behead!”
― Mallika Nawal

“By the measure of Trier society, Jenny was a borderline libertine with breathtakingly progressive views. ... For her numerous suitors, Jenny's loveliness and influential, rich father offset her alarming political and intellectual tendencies that, they no doubt believed, would be subdued by the harness of marriage and baby-making. ... However, for one ineligible younger man in Trier, it was precisely that which alarmed other admirers about Jenny's firebrand nature that enticed him. For Karl Marx, her analytical mind, passionate politics, and disregard for social propriety made her a woman in a million.”
― Rachel Holmes, Eleanor Marx: A Life

“[B]y the beginning of the 21st century, the fighting female capable of spectacular violence had gained a firm ground, and there were more versions of them than ever before on the big and small screens, and the number only continues to increase. Audiences growing up in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, male and female, have been raised on depictions of women onscreen who could more than hold their own and didn’t need to be protected, at least no more than a man did.”
― Allison P. Palumbo