66 quotes found
“To read narrowly and shallowly is to read from a place of ignorance.”
“The goal of intellectual life should be to see and understand what is true, not merely to adhere to a prevailing orthodoxy.”
“A man goes to a foreign country and kills somebody who's not aggressing against him; in a Hawaiian shirt he's a criminal, in a green costume he's a hero who gets a parade and a pension. So that, as...”
“Most people do not actually know how to think for themselves, and unfortunately that prevents them from even knowing it.”
“Watch a man--say, a politician--being interviewed on television, an you are observing a demonstration of what both he and his interrogators learned in school: all questions have answers, and it is ...”
“It's ok to follow a leader with a strong positive agenda, but by no means should you forget to take your critical thinking with you.”
“It takes those who uses telescope of faith to catch a spiritual vision. To see the invisible things of the Spirit you need the eyes of faith. Faith sees beyond the physical eyes. Live and walk by f...”
“Think More Not Less.”
“One of the chief values reading history, this is the author, is its capacity to "provoke renegade thoughts".”
“A question is far more subversive, biblically, than a statement.”
“A true survivor is someone who, after 12+ years of being schooled, remains independent in their thinking.”
“The search to know has always been characterized by the need to doubt, the need to be critical, including the need to be self-critical.”
“Cherish your doubts, for doubt is the handmaiden of truth.Doubt is the key to the door of knowledge; it is the servant of discovery.A belief which may not be questioned binds us to error,for there ...”
“A great truth wants to be criticized not idolized”
“A book can tell me anything it wants to, but I sure as shit don't have to believe it.”
“Cynicism, like gullibility, is a symptom of underdeveloped critical faculties.”
“I would like to believe that logic is questioning your reasoning to reach a conclusion.”
“Actions & statements made on the basis of critical analysis & discernmentare not the same as divisiveness. Know the difference.”
“A rich person is just a poor person with a crown and elaborate clothing, and a poor person is just a rich person with a crownless head and ragged clothing.”
“When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons.”
