All Quotes By Tag: Independent-thinking

“Tokyo is bigger than Kumamoto. And Japan is bigger than Tokyo. And even bigger than Japan… Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don’t ever surrender yourself not to Japan, not to anything. You may think that what you’re doing is for the sake of the nation, but let something take possession of you like that, and all you do is bring it down.”

Card image cap - Sōseki Natsume,
Tag: freedom, independence, independent-thinking, independent-thought, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, japan, life-lessons, thinking-outside-the-box, wisdom,

“I think Dostoevsky was right, that every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture, where he says, this is me and the damned world can go to hell.”

Card image cap - Rollo May
Tag: be-you, be-yourself, empowerment, existentialism, independent-thinking, inspirational-life, life, life-lessons, strong,

“The average adult has had sex innumerable times more than they have formed an opinion of their own.”

Card image cap - Mokokoma Mokhonoana,
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“I want to oppose the idea that the school has to teach directly that special knowledge and those accomplishments which one has to use later directly in life. The demands of life are much too manifold to let such a specialized training in school appear possible […] The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgement should always be placed foremost.”

Card image cap - Albert Einstein
Tag: critical-thinking, education, independent-thinking, independent-thought, knowledge,