The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.

To try and change opinion by law is worse than futile.

Word like that, others’ opinions of you, shouldn’t have that kind of power, Saint.” But they did and therein lay the problem. I was always guilty of letting other people’s words and actions hurt me...

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.

What other’s think of you is their opinions. Never seek to please people.Be yourself.

We naturally like what we have been accustomed to, and are attracted towards it. […] The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he...

Although others can devalue who we are and what we do it is entirely up to us, whether we accept or reject it. Whenever we disagree with the offered opinion we can thank for it...

Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one’s own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.

Expressing an opinion with an empty soul can complicate your duty of respecting the opinions of others.

Each voice carries a portion of value, no matter how unpalatable or distasteful that voice may be: no one person, government, ideology, transnational, or religious institution can own and dominate the whole.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

What decent philosopher was ever an appeaser? The former is a rare catch among the multitudes of modern opinionists. His role is to be one who loves truth. That is a place where his love...

You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.

What you think is your Karma. I hold myself to great Karma.

Just as radical heirs apparent are said to lay aside all inconvenient revolutionary opinions when they come to the throne, it was believed that Mr. Mill in Parliament would be an entirely different person from...

He was there. He heard our opinions. He did not object or defend himself.

In a materialistic society, man is likely to value the opinion of a rich man over that of a poor one; even when coming to opinions that have absolutely nothing to do with moneymaking.

…the territory of unsubstantiated opinions embraced by lazy minds.

Nothing ruins a good thing quite like knowing you share your opinions with mindless little tits.

One test result is the worth one-thousand expert opinions.

The problem with today’s world is that everyone believes they have the right to express their opinion AND have others listen to it. The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right...

People can have their opinions about everything in the world, but people’s opinions end where the tip of my nose begins. Your opinions of others can only go so far as to where their own...

I was free with every road as my home. No limitations and no commitments. But then summer passed and winter came and I fell short for safety. I fell for its spell, slowly humming me...

All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.

There are very, very strong opinions on both sides of the fence on what the Fed is going or not going to do. The bottom line is with such diversity of opinions that the market...

If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas.

Even the financial disclosure statements that political bloggers were required to post hadn’t stemmed the suspicion that people’s opinions weren’t really their own. “Who’s paying you?” was a retort that might follow any bout of...

Conservatives and those on the right are usually willing to settle for thinking themselves correct on political issues; those on the left have always needed to feel not so much that they are correct but...

If someone isn’t what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth.

Nobody knows how the stand of our knowledge about the atom would be without him. Personally, Bohr is one of the amiable colleagues I have met. He utters his opinions like one perpetually groping and...

In a general sense, I admit to valuing the worldviews of men under the age of 40 and women over the age of 30.

The world has genetically modified opinions, but mine are organic. Taste them and you will see.

…the presence of others has become even more intolerable to me, their conversation most of all. Oh, how it all annoys and exasperates me: their attitudes, their manners, their whole way of being! The people...

It is contrary to the usual practice of professional men to give their opinions upon each other’s work unless regularly called upon in the way of their profession.

As our inclinations, so our opinions

Let them hear your voice so rarely that a simply-uttered word creates a hush of expectancy in the room.

The taxi driver felt that it was a good observation, and said he was planning to build for the future, too: he had some money on the horses, and if he won, he would buy...

I have found so many angels trapped inside undisputed jargon that I find myself digging at the words, in order to release them, from the books that unfairly captured their soul.

I often get asked the question, ‘If you had to compare your writing to an author who would it be?’ My answer is always the same; the author I compare myself to is me. Every...

Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.

I also learned that a person was not necessarily bad just because you did not agree with him, and that if you believed in something, you had better be prepared to defend it.

You can’t care what other people think of whom you choose to love, or not to love. When it comes to your love life, it’s NOT the time to be satisfying other people’s opinions. The...

Your opinions about me does not change who I am. I am God’s special possession.

In the case of any person whose judgment is really deserving of confidence, how has it become so? Because he has kept his mind open to criticism of his opinions and conduct. Because it has...

Read things you’re sure will disagree with your current thinking. If you’re a die-hard anti-animal person, read Meat. If you’re a die-hard global warming advocate, read Glenn Beck. If you’re a Rush Limbaugh fan, read...

It was always disconcerting to discover that you shared opinions with someone you had no respect for.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

I respect your opinion unless your opinion disrespects anybody’s existence