The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency -- the belief that the here and now is all there is.

Allan Bloom

Stichwörter: reading books vision belief self-deception narrowmindedness self-limiting-beliefs

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Man is always inclined to regard the small circle in which he lives as the center of the world and to make his particular, private life the standard of the universe and to make his particular, private life the standard of the universe. But he must give up this vain pretense, this petty provincial way of thinking and judging.

Ernst Cassirer

Stichwörter: perspective narrowmindedness

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BRITANNUS (shocked).
Caesar: this is not proper.

THEODOTUS (outraged).
How!

CAESAR (recovering his self-possession).
Pardon him. Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.

George Bernard Shaw

Stichwörter: narrowmindedness xenophobia parochial-thought

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(...) ograniczenie umysłowe i okrucieństwo ludzkie nie zna granic.

Olga Tokarczuk

Stichwörter: people narrowmindedness cruelty

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Stop categorizing and labeling! This is your way to avoid the unknown but brings the risk to avoid the new!

Rossana Condoleo

Stichwörter: inspirational inspirational-quotes narrowmindedness life-coaching leadership-development

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