Byron Katie Quotes

I call that mind free which protects itself against the usurpations of society, and which does not cower to human opinion: Which refuses to be the slave or tool of the many or of the few, and guards its empire over itself as nobler than the empire of the world.

Our thoughts are free.

This I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.

Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.

I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.

Well, where there is freedom doubt itself must be free.

Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.

You must avoid letting anyone usurp your freedom of thought in any way, whether on religious or other grounds. People must use their minds and think and there are situations where the use of the intellect is necessary so that excessive fantasy or fancy can be held in check.

Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.

There shall be no slavery of the mind.

Every man is by … natural right, the master of his own thoughts

Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.

And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about.

We cannot develop unless we enjoy both internal and external freedom: even the freedom of thinking about freedom.

No mind should submit their mind to another mind He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still -- that's my motto. I won't be brainwashed.

We must preserve our right to think and differ.

Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.

Dissent is the mark of freedom, as originality is the mark of independence of mind. … No one can be a scientist … if he does not have independence of observation and of thought.

I shall have the liberty to think for myself.

Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.

Freedom of mind is the proof of one's existence.

Independence is a state of mind. Independence is spirit without category.

Thoughts are not subject to duty.

I shall have liberty to think for myself without molesting others or being molested myself.

I think people do have their own minds.