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Thinking for oneself22 quotes
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. — Henrik Ibsen · 1882It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races. — Mark Twain · 1894Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad. — George Orwell · 1949If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. — Haruki Murakami · 1987Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. — Mark Twain · 1904It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1841All 22 quotes →Conformity3 quotes
No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or "get rich" in business by being a conformist. — J. Paul Getty · 1965Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1841One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. — Bertrand Russell · 1930Doubt and skepticism2 quotes
We need more dissent and less dogma. — Camille Paglia · 2015A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well. — Gaius Petronius · 66Quotations2 quotes
I hate quotation. Tell me what you know. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1849A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself. — A.A. Milne · 1920Thinking outside the box2 quotes
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. — Haruki Murakami · 1987We need more dissent and less dogma. — Camille Paglia · 2015Authenticity1 quote
Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1841Awareness1 quote
Orthodoxy means not thinking—not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness. — George Orwell · 1949Being a man1 quote
Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1841Books1 quote
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. — Haruki Murakami · 1987Business1 quote
No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or "get rich" in business by being a conformist. — J. Paul Getty · 1965Consensus1 quote
Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. — Mark Twain · 1904Credulity1 quote
A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well. — Gaius Petronius · 66Dissent1 quote
We need more dissent and less dogma. — Camille Paglia · 2015Diversity of opinion1 quote
It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races. — Mark Twain · 1894Dogma1 quote
We need more dissent and less dogma. — Camille Paglia · 2015Heretics1 quote
Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought. — Yevgeny Zamyatin · 1923Inner life1 quote
The man who has no inner life is a slave to his surroundings. — Henri-Frederic Amiel · 1883Innovation1 quote
Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought. — Yevgeny Zamyatin · 1923Majority opinions1 quote
Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. — Mark Twain · 1904Orthodoxy1 quote
Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought. — Yevgeny Zamyatin · 1923Progress1 quote
Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought. — Yevgeny Zamyatin · 1923Questioning one's beliefs1 quote
Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. — Mark Twain · 1904Sheep and lemmings1 quote
I am the only free man on this train and the rest of you are cattle. — Kostoyed · 1965Solitude1 quote
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. — Henrik Ibsen · 1882Taking risks1 quote
No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or "get rich" in business by being a conformist. — J. Paul Getty · 1965The masses1 quote
Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. — Mark Twain · 1904Truth1 quote
Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad. — George Orwell · 1949