Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [301-320] of 371 Free Thought quotesFree Thought QuotesFree Thought Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Profound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct ideas but also dubious ideas.~ Andrei Sakharov Freedom of thought is the only guarantee against an infection of people by mass myths, which, in the hands of treacherous hypocrites and demagogues, can be transformed into bloody dictatorships.~ Andrei Sakharov Nothing happens unless first a dream.~ Carl Sandburg Men of ideas vanish when freedom vanishes.~ Carl Sandburg The wisest mind has something yet to learn.~ George Santayana Only the dead have seen the end of war.~ George Santayana I am not free until I say so. And there's a good chance I am going to have to fight once I do. Ever since I declared my Independence, I have had to support and defend it.~ Eric Schaub Can we truly expect those who aim to exploit us to be trusted to educate us?~ Eric Schaub It takes two wings to fly.~ Eric Schaub Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics.~ Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. The net poses a fundamental threat not only to the authority of the government, but to all authority, because it permits people to organize, think, and influence one another without any institutional supervision whatsoever.~ John Seabrook If one doesn't know his mistakes, he won't want to correct them.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Tis the upright mind that holds true sovereignty.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Besides, he who follows another not only discovers nothing but is not even investigating.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca I do not trust my eyes to tell me what a man is: I have a better and more trustworthy light by which I can distinguish what is true from what is false: let the mind find out what is good for the mind.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Remember, however, before all else, to strip things of all that disturbs and confuses, and to see what each is at bottom; you will then comprehend that they contain nothing fearful except the actual fear.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.~ William Shakespeare [A]nd obedience, Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth, Makes slaves of men and of the human frame, A mechanized automaton.~ Percy Bysshe Shelley Power, like a desolating pestilence, Pollutes whate'er it touches; and obedience, Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth, Makes slaves of men, and of the human frame, A mechanized automaton.~ Percy Bysshe Shelley Heretics were often most bitterly persecuted for their least deviation from accepted belief. It was precisely their obstinacy about trifles that irritated the righteous to madness. Why can they not yield on so trifling a matter?~ Leo Shestov Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print