Charlie Munger Quotes

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.

I listen with attention to the judgment of all men; but so far as I can remember, I have followed none but my own..

The purpose of education...is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions.

In a world in which we are exposed to more information, more options, more philosophies, more perspectives than ever before, in which we must choose the values by which we will live (rather than unquestioningly follow some tradition for no better reason than that our own parents did), we need to be willing to stand on our own judgment and trust our own intelligence-to look at the world through our own eyes-to chart our course and think through how to achieve the future we want, to commit ourselves to continuous questioning and learning-to be, in a word, self-responsible.

One of the first things I think young people, especially nowadays, should learn is how to see for yourself and listen for yourself and think for yourself.

It"s good to keep wide-open ears and listen to what everybody else has to say, but when you come to make a decision, you have to weigh all of what you"ve heard on its own, and place it where it belongs, and come to a decision for yourself; you"ll never regret it. But if you form the habit of taking what someone else says about a thing without checking it out for yourself, you"ll find that other people will have you hating your friends and loving your enemies.

I hope that the message I conveyed in 'Julie of the Wolves' is to tell young people to think things out. Think independently.

Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

I fear we might be losing the basic human facility to be alone - and with that you throw out independent decision-making, what to trust, what not to trust; key stuff - a perilous loss.

Each man must reach his own verdict, by weighing all the relevant evidence.

I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.

If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision.

I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking.

We shouldn't accept things just because somebody says so.

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

Each of you, as an individual, must pick your own goals. Listen to others, but do not become a blind follower.

Well as I say, don't believe everything that you read and don't be afraid to think and it is alright to understand what has gone before but don't just rely on copying but develop your internal voice and your own internal means of interpreting.

I think the most important thing that young people should be taught at school is how they can decide what they're being told is true.

Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders.

You must learn not only to judge but to act for yourself.

If you rely exclusively on the advice of others, you may make terrible mistakes. Your heart knows what you need. Other people have other agendas.

Learn to do your own thinking - don’t let other people do it for you!

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Neither believe nor reject any thing because any other person, or description of persons have rejected or believed it. Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven.