Accepting Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is more often from pride than from ignorance that we are so obstinately opposed to current opinions; we find the first places taken,…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The proud think that their opinion alone is right. They cannot see the good points of others, as the humble do, and appreciate their…

— Basilea Schlink

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of…

— Albert Einstein

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment

— Albert Einstein

“Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming…

— Albert Einstein

Whether we realise it or not, most of us define ourselves by opposing rather than by favouring something or someone. To put it another…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

It's arrogant for us to think our opinions are always the right ones & to put others down because they don't think exactly as…

— Anonymous

“It is only when we are in the habit of recognizing our opinions as a partial experience seen through our stereotypes that we become…

— Walter Lippman

“Remember that everyone has opinions and they are often bad. Opinions are easy to produce; everyone has plenty of them and most people are…

— Ray Dalio

People often imagine that being hard to please confers a certain superiority.

— Mason Cooley

We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature…

— Anonymous