critical thinking

I have bits of a poem that I heard quite often in TF stuck in my memory. It went something like, "three men went for a walk, feeling, faith and fact." I can't remember the rest or what message was contained in it. I looked in the Good Thoughts under Faith, but couldn't find it there. Does anyone remember this?

Another very common refrain I heard, at least in the early years, was:

When you think, think, think
You'll sink, sink, sink
Because you stink, stink, stink.

That sentiment, to refrain from critical thinking, was pounded into me, along with many other similar indoctrination methods such as the absolute prohibition against doubting and questioning, both crucial elements to free, critical thinking.