Great Thinkers

"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all."

"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."

"Pioneering Enlightenment philosopher who argued for civil rights and women's rational education."

"Twelfth-century Benedictine abbess who produced extraordinary visionary theology, music, and natural science."

"Mathematician who revolutionized abstract algebra and linked symmetry to conservation laws."

"Truth begins with a good question."

"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all."

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law."

"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."

"What does not kill me, makes me stronger."

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."

"Love is the pursuit of the whole."

"The best revenge is not to be like your enemy."

"Life is long if you know how to use it."

"Leader who championed industrial education and economic self-reliance for African Americans."

"Ignited the American Revolution and defended human rights through radical, clear political writing."

"Harmonizing Aristotelian logic with religious tradition while advancing medieval medicine and ethical decision-making."

"Championed simple pleasures, deep friendship, and mental tranquility free from fear."

"Scottish philosopher who unified moral empathy with the foundational principles of modern economics."