The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive
at a reasonable conclusion, we still. read more

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive
at a reasonable conclusion, we still. . . must close our minds
for the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our
conclusions.

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.

If being sane is thinking there's something wrong with being different....I'd rather be completely fucking mental.

If being sane is thinking there's something wrong with being different....I'd rather be completely fucking mental.

One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has lived.

One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has lived.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at read more

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.

An Englishman thinks seated; a Frenchman, standing; an American, pacing; an irishman, afterward.

An Englishman thinks seated; a Frenchman, standing; an American, pacing; an irishman, afterward.

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.