Accepting Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

Anti-intellectualism is a disposition to discount the importance of truth and the life of the mind.

— Os Guinness

It is not wise to judge others based on your own preconceptions and by their appearance.

— Alexia

We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and…

— Bertrand Russell

Human beings are poor examiners, subject to superstition, bias, prejudice, and a PROFOUND tendency to see what they want to see rather than what…

— M. Scott Peck

“Perception without judgment is spineless; judgment with no perception is blind. Introversion lacking any extraversion is impractical; extraversion with no introversion is superficial.”

— Isabel Briggs Myers

It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while…

— Wendell Willkie

Our opinion of people depends less upon what we see in them, than upon what they make us see in ourselves

— Sarah Grand

Prejudice is opinion without judgement.

— Voltaire

“The over-whelming preponderance of people have not freely decided what to believe, but, rather, have been socially conditioned (indoctrinated) into their beliefs. They are…

— Richard Paul

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

“It is useful to remember, however, that neglecting valid stereotypes inevitably results in suboptimal judgments. Resistance to stereotyping is a laudable moral position, but…

— Daniel Kahneman

“But to minds strongly marked by the positive and negative qualities that create severity,— strength of will, conscious rectitude of purpose, narrowness of imagination…

— George Eliot