Freedom of thought

Most of our meetings and discussions on various matters, even those which are life-changing or capable of transformation, border on trivialities and idle-talk.  Every group certainly has a good number of people who only talk, barely knowing what exactly they are talking, far less the consequences of living with what they propose.

For all such people Soren Kierkegaard has this to say:

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. 

Serious reflection and understanding, can be done away with but not freedom of speech!