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Quote by William James
[Thinking is] what a great many people think they are doing when t
[Thinking is] what a great many people think they are doing when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James

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The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioning our characters in the wrong way. – William James

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It is well for people who think, to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. – Luther Burbank

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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. – Søren Kierkegaard

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He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave. – William Drummond, Academical Questions

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What luck for rulers, that men do not think. – Adolph Hitler

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