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"It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well." Rene Descartes
The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellow men."Robert G. Ingersoll
Men do not understand books until they have had a certain amount of life, until they have seen and lived at least part of their contents.Ezra Pound
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.Socrates
To read without reflecting is like eating without digestion.Edmund Burke
Be a speed understander. Not a speed reader.Unknown
All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions.George Bernard Shaw
Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.Charles F. Kettering
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.John Locke
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.Thomas Paine
Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.Observation more than books and experience, more than persons, are the prime educators. Amos Bronson Alcott
A believer is a bird in a cage. A freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wings.Robert G. Ingersoll
Be less curious about people, and more curious about ideas.Marie Curie
The important thing is not to stop questioning.Albert Einstein
If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true? Oscar Hammerstein
The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it. George Bernard Shaw
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. Clarence Darrow
Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is worse.Unknown
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.Unknown
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