23 Quotes by Mokokoma Mokhonoana about Critical-thinking
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Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves.
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Even a book that is made up of only untruths can greatly improve us intellectually.
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The way most people use and are used by their minds gives substance to the belief that we are barely evolved apes.
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All too often, a wise or free person is ridiculed, because of ignorance, by fools or slaves.
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Our books can know and remember for us, but cannot think for us.
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We are oversupplied with people and books that make us know more, but are undersupplied with those that make us think and live better.
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If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.
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The way most people use their minds is analogous to an ambulance that is used only as an umbrella.
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Most books are useful only in initiating, or maintaining, the rewarding habit of reading.
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