83 Quotes About Independent-thought

Tokyo is bigger than Kumamoto. And Japan is bigger than Tokyo. And even bigger than Japan... 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.

Estaba destinado a aprender su propia sabiduría aparte de los otros o a aprender la sabiduría de los otros por sí mismo, errando entre las asechanzas del mundo.

My innocence is wearin' thinBut my heart is growing strong.

The world would be a better place to live in if only each individual's thinking and actions were not subject to any political or religious ideologies.

Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.

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.