Critical Thinking Quotes

"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution." "To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: What could I do? What could I read? Who could I ask?" "Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance" "To be free, you had not only to escape from a rope or a chain. You had to escape from a way of thinking because freedom was not about taking off your chains." "The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice." "The goal of education should be to enable people to become active and engaged citizens, questioning and organizing against injustices." "When we consider the target audience of propaganda, we must recognize a natural self-defense mechanism: the critical faculty." "I'm very much a believer in the audience being left with some things to chew over, some things to be questioned." "All of my thoughts are second thoughts" "The wiser the man, the more doubts he has." "I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion" "No one will ever accept anything I have to say and that's okay. The point is to make people think" "The three most damaging words in the history of mankind are 'a great idea'" "Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily." "Experience seems to most of us, for instance, to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them." "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure, and the intelligent are full of doubt." "It’s not going to do any good to land on Mars if we’re stupid." "No person ever strayed away from sensible thinking who took time to think." "Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge" "Don't believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose."