Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
ReasonCommon SenseIndependent ThoughtCritical Thinking Believe nothing, no matter who said it, even if I said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and common sense.
ThinkingEffortCritical Thinking Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.
ReadingCreativityCritical ThinkingIntellectual Laziness Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
ThoughtAutonomyIntellectual FreedomCritical Thinking Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.
ObservationCritical ThinkingVerificationEmpiricism Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted.
NonconformityCourageSocial PressureCritical ThinkingIndividuality Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
Critical ThinkingPersonal EngagementBalanceThinking Habits Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
