Our forefathers found the evils of free thinking more to be endured than the evils of inquest or suppression. This is because thoughtful, bold and independent minds are essential to the wise and considered self-government.
I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
I've always been on the side of fully emancipated women with independent minds.
All of my friends are independent in thought, that's important.
Laws which prescribe what everyone must believe, and forbid men to say or write anything against this or that opinion, are often passed to gratify, or rather to appease the anger of those who cannot abide independent minds.
Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority.
I hope that the message I conveyed in 'Julie of the Wolves' is to tell young people to think things out. Think independently.
Organizing atheists is a bit like herding cats; They are on the whole too intelligent and independent minded to lend themselves to being herded.
I think maybe writers come from different planets. I mean, not in any sense as extravagant as Baryshnikov. But there are some writers who understand each other this way and others who understand each other that way. Then there's this great herd, the "herd of independent minds."
