The essential first step is to think for yourself. Only by seeing our world anew, as fresh and strange as it was to the ancients who saw it first, can we both re-create it and preserve it for the future.

first principle: • Think for yourself to decide 1) what you want, 2) what is true, and 3) what you should do to achieve #1 in light of #2 . . . . . . and do that with humility and open-mindedness so that you consider the best thinking available to you.

To find yourself, think for yourself.

to find yourself, think for yourself

The first duty of a man is to think for himself

Think for yourself to decide 1) what you want, 2) what is true, and 3) what you should do to achieve #1 in light of #2 ... and do that with humility and open-mindedness so that you can consider the best thinking available to you.

Above all else, I want you to think for yourself, to decide 1) what you want, 2) what is true and 3) what to do about it

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

Take the risk of thinking for yourself,much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

First say to yourself what you would be;and then do what you have to do.

First, tell yourself what you want to be, then act your part accordingly.

First say to yourself what you would be;
and then do what you have to do.

The first step toward speaking for others is speaking for ourselves.