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Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
Sex prejudice is so ingrained in our society that many who practice it are simply unaware that they are hurting read more
Sex prejudice is so ingrained in our society that many who practice it are simply unaware that they are hurting . It is the last socially acceptable prejudice.
A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.
A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.
Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.
Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.
Rigid judgmental
opinions
can block descent
of Spirit's pinions.
Rigid judgmental
opinions
can block descent
of Spirit's pinions.
Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for read more
Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices.
He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, read more
He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error.
Reasoning against a prejudice is like fighting against a shadow; it exhausts the reasoner, without visibly affecting the prejudice.
Reasoning against a prejudice is like fighting against a shadow; it exhausts the reasoner, without visibly affecting the prejudice.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly read more
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
