Quotes about Freethinking

If thinking men would have the courage to think for themselves, and to speak what they think, it would be found they do not differ in religious opinions as much as is supposed.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

You never know what you might discover by thinking outside the box that culture, conformity, and critics have tried to impose.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Think and let think.

It is surely time for men to think for themselves, and to throw off the authority of names so artificially magnified.

You don't care what others think - which might be understandable. But you don't care even to make them think as you do? No. But that's...that's monstrous. Is it? Probably. I couldn't say.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.