Critical thinking Quotes

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." "To understand is to discover, or reconstruct by rediscovery, and such conditions must be complied with if in the future individuals are to be formed who are capable of production and creativity and not simply repetition" "If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide that proves they should value it?" "We must find our way to a time when faith, without evidence, disgraces anyone who would claim it." "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"