Isaac Barrow Quotes

I can, of course, think what I want, just like everyone else. I simply have to refrain from saying everything I think.

Let your thoughts be abundant, but let your mouth be under restraint.

A man has a right to think lots of things he has no right to say.

I have a very serious censorship office inside my head; it censors things that I could tell you that you would never forget, and I don't want to be the person to stick that in your brain.

I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.

I sort of have to self-censor sometimes.

Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.

I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.

I'm probably a little too uninhibited.

What is often said in private may not be said in public.

I realize that, in speaking to you this afternoon, there are certain limitations placed upon the right of free speech. I must be exceedingly careful, prudent, as to what I say, and even more careful and prudent as to how I say it. I may not be able to say all I think; but I am not going to say anything that I do not think.

I think everyone has a door in their brain that says, 'Do not exit here.' If you go past it, you'll find all the dumb thoughts in there, all the stupid things that shouldn't be said. I've probably gone there more than anyone should in a given lifetime.

I definitely have to censor myself a lot of the time because I'm used to just being a loose cannon, and I'm used to doing and saying whatever I want because I work on YouTube.

I've really learned to watch what I say.

Once you get used to censorship, sometimes you self-censor.

We all have thoughts and feelings that we believe are fundamental to our lives but that are better left unspoken.

Thoughts, like water, will stay on course if we make a place for them to go. As you learn to control your thoughts, you can gain courage, conquer fear and have a happy life.

Caution is crediting, and reserve in speaking, and in revealing one's self to but very few, are the best securities both of a good understanding with the world, and of the inward peace of our own minds.

Everyone has freedom to say whatever they want to say. I think it takes a stronger person to hold their tongue as opposed to speaking out.

Sometimes a mind is like a mouth: you just got to shut it.

Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion.