{"quotes":[{"text":"Sheep sheep are adorable.Human sheep, not so much.Think for yourself, for flock’s sake.","author":"Scott Stabile","tags":["human","love","sheep","think-for-yourself","thinking"],"id":98835,"author_id":"Scott+Stabile"},{"text":"Perhaps then one reason why we have no great poet, novelist or critic writing today is that we refuse to allow words their liberty. We pin them down to one meaning, their useful meaning: the meaning which makes us catch the train, the meaning which makes us pass the examination.","author":"Virginia Woolf","tags":["brilliant","genius","innovation","rules","think-for-yourself","words"],"id":146121,"author_id":"Virginia+Woolf"},{"text":"If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["adult","adults","age","age-is-nothing-but-a-number","aphorism","aphorisms","aphorist","aphorists","child","childhood","childish","childlike","conform","conformity","craziness","crazy","critical","critical-thinking","develop","development","earn","funny","grow","growth","hard-work","herd","herd-mentality","humor","humour","illogical","immature","immaturity","independent-thinker","independent-thinkers","independent-thinking","individual","individuality","insane","insanity","joke","jokes","logic","mad","madness","majority","mature","maturity","minority","monkey-banana","mr-follow-follow","nonconformity","original","original-thinker","original-thinkers","original-thought","originality","philosopher","philosophers","philosophy","reach-adulthood","reason","sane","sanity","satire","sheep","sheeple","silver-plater","society","standard","think","think-for-yourself","thinker","thinkers","thinking-for-yourself","toil","unreasonable"],"id":155297,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"But some things are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself.","author":"Jon Krakauer","tags":["free-to-think-for-yourself","happy","think-for-yourself"],"id":220782,"author_id":"Jon+Krakauer"},{"text":"One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["acquaintances","be-yourself","better-the-world","brilliance","change-the-world","enemy","enemy","friend","friendship","genius","gift","goodness","greatness","guru","intelligence","intelligence","life-lesson","life-lessons","life-lessons","life","life","life","life-and-sayings","life-inspirational","matshona-dhliwayo","originality","sage","scholar","student","study","think-for-yourself","think","thinking","thinking","thought","wisdom","wisdom","wisdom","wise","wise","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":266190,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"Never keep your brain so full that people’s opinions take up every pew in your mind, and truth has to be “born again” before it is believed.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["belief","born-again","individualism","majority","narrow-minded","opinions","perception","think-for-yourself","truth"],"id":310394,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Let your eyes see what they see, not what others want you to see. Let your ears hear what they naturally hear, not what others want you to hear. Let your mouth speak your mind freely and not be constrained by other people's approval or disapproval. Let your mind think what it wants to think and not let other people's demands dictate your thoughts. If your senses and your mind are not allowed to do what they want to do naturally, you are denying them their rights. When you cannot think, sense, feel, or act freely, then your body and mind are injured. Break these oppressions, and you will cultivate life.","author":"Liezi","tags":["constraints","freedom","freedom-of-speech","freedom-of-thought","individuality","inspirational","taoism","think-for-yourself"],"id":347238,"author_id":"Liezi"},{"text":"A person who is truly cool is a work of art. And remember, original works of art cost exponentially higher than imitations. Just take a look at the the coolest people in history. They will always be a part of history for being extremely original individuals, not imitations.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["art","art-work","artists","be-original","be-yourself","being","being-different","being-different","being-yourself","brave","confidence","confidence-building","cool","coolness","copy","cost","courage","create","different","faith","follow","follower","history","identity","identity-crisis","imitate","imitation","individual","individualism","inspiration","integrity","lead","leader","leadership","legend","life","love","nonconformist","original","original-works","originality","originality","people","person","rebel","self-love","society","strength","strong","think-different","think-for-yourself","thinker","unique","uniqueness","uniqueness-of-individual","will","work-of-art"],"id":376490,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"A conscious human is driven by their conscience, not popular opinion.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["be-different","brainwashing","conscience","conscious","consciousness","culture","different","ego","faith","followers","free-mind","god","heart","human","humanity","individual","leader","leadership","mankind","masses","mental-slavery","mind","politics","pop-culture","popular-culture","popular-opinion","programming","purity","sheep","the-masses","think","think-for-yourself","thinking","truth","unique","uniqueness"],"id":438744,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":9,"pages":1}}