Right Thinking

"Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs.  This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking; where it is absent, discussion is apt to become worse than useless."  — Leo Tolstoy

Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (left) playing chess with the son of his friend and publisher Vladimir Chertkov, who took this picture in Yasnaya Polyana in 1907.

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