#ought

You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#freedom #life #thought #freedom

Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought. ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#bitter #entropy #heretics #human #human thought

On their sofas of spice and feathers, the concubines also slept fretfully. In those days the Earth was still flat, and people dreamed often of falling over edges. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#inspirational #sleep #thought-provoking #writing #dreams

After each dream, Frankie woke with a start, soaked in tears. But she found no relief in the peaceful silence of her room, because there everything was real. And the guilt was too immense to bear. Each time she opened her eyes, she'd quickly shut them. And wish that she had woken up for the very last time. ↗

— Lisi Harrison

#guilt #mistakes #passive-deathwish #regret #remorse

It is easier to hold on to a dream than it is to let it go. ↗

— Tanja Kobasic

#faith #inspirational #positive-thoughts #wishes #dreams

Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it. ↗

— John Adams

#freedom-of-thought #scientific-inquiry #education

We must be careful not to discourage our twelve-year-olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations. ↗

— Freeman John Dyson

#creativity #education #testing #thought #education

An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about the ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or of Practical Reason is idiocy. If a man's mind is open on these things, let his mouth at least be shut. He can say nothing to the purpose. Outside the Tao there is no ground for criticizing either the Tao or anything else. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#culture #education #ethics #foundations #justice

People who cannot put strings of sentences together in good order cannot think. An educational system that does not teach the technology of writing is preventing thought. ↗

— Richard Mitchell

#logic #thought #education

No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer. ↗

— George Orwell

#brought #equality #ever #human #manners