Quotes Tagged With :preconceptions

Few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided....

[J]ust the sight of this book, even though it was of no authority, made me wonder how it happened that....

It was a cultural revolution, and was not directed at instituting economic changes. He could thus appeal....

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly....

My Lady, you certainly tell me about wonderful constancy, strength and virtue and firmness of women,....

[B]egin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them....

Belief gets in the way of learning.

She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should....

[I]f you seek in every way to minimise my firm beliefs by your anti-feminist attacks, please recall that....

We all have to lead our own life, and we only have the one life, and the only people who can live life....