Algernon Sidney Quotes

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

Some people have more sense than other people think they have.

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.

One of the great things my grandparents and grandparents taught me was, there are those who don't have your best interests at heart.

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

It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.

Nobody is following us around and primping us or telling you what questions to ask. You have to keep your eyes open.

Rebellion is not always the right thing. Following the rules is not always the right thing. You have to think for yourself and identify the things that do not work for you.

He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by chance but he who knows it and can judge it and has a true taste for it.

For a lot of us, awareness is merely realizing the extent to which we've been lied to all our lives. You start educating yourself. You become motivated; you follow your muse where it takes you. And you see the world in a different way. You start making decisions based on what you feel is right.

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.

The one thing that I learned from politics is you have to know how to watch your own back - and in some instances, you gotta watch your front, too.

Drug reformers need to be hyper-vigilant. I understand that when you've been oppressed so long, so thirsty for truth, that when someone comes along and gives you a sip of water, you think that they're the savior. But in that water there may be cyanide.

What I think is important for us as players is to always stay on our toes and be critical to everything being said.

I just want to be more willing to listen to many people and be cautious about what I'm doing.

As a child, I saw how the industry's sweet-talkers operate. For years, they tried to make my father feel like he was the best actor in the whole world. My father never took them seriously. I, too, imbibed that trait from him.

I learned to question everything you read. Don't take anything at face value. Don't care what other people say. I liked that philosophy.

I would never advocate anyone doing anything without educating themselves and finding out exactly what they're in for.

You need to weigh things up properly in life and ask yourself if it is your call to make, or one to satisfy others.

Much learning does not teach sense.

wrongness always seems to come at us from left field - that is, from outside ourselves. But the reality could hardly be more different. Error is the ultimate inside job. Yes, the world can be profoundly confusing; and yes, other people can mislead or deceive you. In the end, though, nobody but you can choose to believe your own beliefs.

As in everything else, I must start with myself. That is: in all circumstances try to be decent, just, tolerant, and understanding, and at the same time try to resist corruption and deception. In other words, I must do my utmost to act in harmony with my conscience and my better self.

You have to take seriously the notion that understanding the universe is your responsibility, because the only understanding of the universe that will be useful to you is your own understanding.

Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish?