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 BloomTags: reading books vision belief self-deception narrowmindedness self-limiting-beliefs
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 CassirerTags: perspective narrowmindedness
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.
Tags: narrowmindedness xenophobia parochial-thought
(...) ograniczenie umysłowe i okrucieństwo ludzkie nie zna granic.
Olga TokarczukTags: people narrowmindedness cruelty
Stop categorizing and labeling! This is your way to avoid the unknown but brings the risk to avoid the new!
Rossana CondoleoTags: inspirational inspirational-quotes narrowmindedness life-coaching leadership-development
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