💬 Quotes

"Critical thinking is, in short, self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-correcting thinking."

"Everyone thinks; it is our nature to do so. But much of our thinking, left to itself, is biased, distorted, partial, uninformed, or down-right prejudiced."

"It is not possible for most human beings to change their fundamental beliefs, and the way they experience things, simply by an act of will."

"To think well is to impose discipline and restraint on our thinking—in accordance with logical standards."

"Egocentrism is a primary obstacle to the development of critical thinking, leading us to see our own point of view as the correct one."

"An educated mind is one that is continually re-evaluating its own assumptions, searching for deep-seated biases, and striving for intellectual humility."

"Reader, be assured this narrative is no fiction. I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are, nevertheless, the stern reality of truth."

"Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women. Superadded to the burden common to all, they have wrongs, and sufferings, and mortifications peculiarly their own."

"Pity me, and pardon me, O virtuous reader! You never knew what it is to be a slave; to be entirely unprotected by law or custom; to have the laws reduce you to the condition of a chattel."

"The more my mind had become enlightened, the more difficult it was for me to consider myself an article of property; and to pay men to trample upon my natural rights."

"Dark as are the waters of my life, I would draw aside the curtain a little, that you may see that suffering in a slavery hold no kind fellowship with truth."

"When they told me my new-born babe was a slave, my heart broke. Yet, strange as it may seem, the teardrop as it fell over her face was a warm kiss."

"Man is a marvelous curiosity. When he is stirred to the depths, he can utter a pathetically grave and awful philosophy; and yet he is the creature that will caper around and scream with delight when a woman drops a pie."

"Man is the Animal that is Jealous. He is the only Animal that is jealous of his neighbor's goods, or his neighbor's wife, or his neighbor's anything."

"Of all the religions, there is not a solitary one that does not shrivel up when compared with the solemn realities of this life."

"He is always pampering his body. He is always Doctoring it. He is always lamenting it. He is always groaning over its aches and pains and imaginary diseases."

"The Creator made the animals to suit Himself; and then He made man—to suit His convenience."

"He is the only animal that robs his helpless young of their chance for life by making them work, and the only animal that starves his workmen."

"In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons."

"Men are more prone to remember injuries than benefits."