Quotes About Close-mindedness

They were people who had no doubt whatsoever that the more narrow-minded they became, the closer they got to heaven.

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.

The man is so narrow-minded his ears rub together.

Is it a metaphorical accident that the cranium will fuse in months to come, thus ensuing the illustrated close-mindedness, the inevitable, tragic separation of I from the World? The ego always wins, of course. And at what price?

Conservatism and passive acceptance... They can't think for themselves. Anything that's too complicated sends their heads reeling. Makes me want to puke.

Closing your mind to religion is no different than the close-mindedness that religions can cause.

Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

There are none who are as deaf as those who do not want to hear." —BARRY LEVENTHAL

she knew from experience there was no gainsaying the bigotry of faith.

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence.

Prejudice is best lubricated with ignorance

What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.

There are certain segments of society that will never lend an ear to a new idea. They squat in a certain place and will not budge from it. They will find many reasons to maintain a way of life that is comfortable to them. They'll cling to old religions; they'll fasten with the grip of death on ethics that were dead, without their knowing it, centuries before; they will embrace a logic that can be blown over with a breath, still claiming it is sacrosanct.

Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.

To them she wore the costume of the oppressed from distant lands and was the poster child of backwardness in a forward thinking world. To her, their faces bore the costume of the ignorant, and they were poster children for gross close-mindedness in an open-minded, ever changing world

A fundamentalist mind is a mind that has become rigid. First the heart closes, then the mind becomes hardened into a view, then you can justify your hatred of another human being because of what they represent and what they say and do.

you can't have belief without intolerance.

Bigots see something they expect and then they stop thinking about what is in front of them. It's probably how they got to be bigots in the first place.

see something they expect and then they stop thinking about what is in front of them," I told him. "It's probably how they got to be bigots in the first place.

Bigots see something they expect and then they stop thinking about what is in front of them

Bigots see something they expect and then they stop thinking about what is in front of them," I told him. "It's probably how they got to be bigots in the first place.

Self righteousness belongs to narrow-minded.

In our culture, good is often persecuted as being close-minded and restricting, and evil is often approved as liberating, respectful, and tolerant.