31 Quotes About Narrow-mindedness

Kindness has no religion. Religions are like narrow tracks but kindness is like an open sky.

The objective of nonviolence is to create a beloved world community.

Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.

What is always needed in the appreciation of art, or life, is the larger perspective. Connections made, or at least attempted, where none existed before, the straining to encompass in one's glance at the varied world the common thread, the unifying theme through immense diversity, a fearlessness of growth, of search, of looking, that enlarges the private and the public world. And yet, in our particular society, it is the narrowed and narrowing view of life that often wins

There is this common notion that people are shallow and ignorant until they go out and see the world. I, on the other hand, went out and in comparison realized I was in pretty good standing.

We are regressing from narrow mindedness to nano mindedness".

In most cases, travelling does not really broaden one’s mind; it merely shows or reminds one that one’s mind is narrow.

People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and religious persecutions while the world lasts.

It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about.