282 Quotes About Freedom-of-thought

The time has come, to stand up and to defy.Its our life, our choices, how long can they deny?The time has come, not to believe in every lie.Not to follow every rule, without asking why.The time has come, not to ignore as others cry.Or soon, very soon, it will be our turn to die.The time has come, not to turn a blind eye. Because once lost, freedom is hard to come by.

The imagination serves us only when the mind is absolutely free of any prejudice. A single prejudice suffices to cool off the imagination. This whimsical part of the mind is so unbridled as to be uncontrollable. Its greatest triumphs, its most eminent delights consist in smashing all the restraints that oppose it. Imagination is the enemy of all norms, the idolater of all disorder and of all that bears the color of crime.

A society that begins by banning words will end by banning books, and ideas themselves.

Our books can know and remember for us, but cannot think for us.

I am afflicted with the power of thought, which is a heavy curse. The less a person thinks and inquires regarding the why and the wherefore and the justice of things, when dragging along through life, the happier it is for him, and doubly, trebly so, for her.

Obedient thinking acts obediently. Then, the mind obeys to complexity like falling bricks respect the laws of physics. Not the best way to solve trouble because the mind is in a self-created bubble.

Think - think deeply - think gently - think humbly.

They can stop me from breathing, but they can’t stop me from thinking and acting, for I am the indomitable humankind.

To think is sacred; let every person think freely! To express what you think is sacred; let every person express his thought freely! If you do this, you prove that you are a conscientious and a moral human being! If you don’t do this, you just declare yourself being fascist!