“It is better to be taught to think critically than to be told on what to believe.”
“One of the great tragedies of modern education is that most people are not taught to think critically. The majority of the world’s people, those of the West included, are taught to believe rather than to think. It’s much easier to believe than to think. People seldom think seriously about that which we are taught to believe, because we are all creatures of imitation and habit.”
“A fundamentalist is someone who wants to substitute what he believes for what you believe," Max said. "And someone who thinks he knows the will of God better than anyone else.”
“Experience has taught me that it is always better to be well rested than to know what you are doing - Nanny Piggins”
“St. Paul said it is better to marry than to burn, but my mother taught me it is better to burn than to marry.”
“Critical thinking is thinking about your thinking while you're thinking in order to make your thinking better.”