Jerry Saltz Quotes

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

Denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.

Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see.

Smallness of mind is the cause of stubbornness, and we do not credit readily what is beyond our view.

A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.

But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world.

When people make judgments they close all the possibility around them.

If one can only see things according to one's own belief system, one is destined to become virtually deaf, dumb, and blind.

Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only own one encyclopedia.

The most learned are often the most narrow-minded men.

A man of maxims only is like a Cyclops with one eye, and that eye in the back of his head.

My understanding of religion and science is that they're both arrogant schools of thought, and whether they acknowledge it or not they continually broadcast the idea that they have the world figured out. And what they don't know, they have a theory for which is probably correct. It feels like that shrinks the world, rather than expands it.

People don't see much further than their noses.

There is no man so blind as one who has made up his mind.

The smaller your reality, the more convinced you are that you know everything.

There is nothing more dangerous than a person with only one right answer.

It is our knowledge - the things we are sure of - that makes the world go wrong and keeps us from seeing and learning.

stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves

Anybody who gives you a belief system is your enemy, because the belief system becomes the barrier for your eyes, you cannot see the truth.

Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.

It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.

Infallibility and invincible ignorance are the same thing.

Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.

The man of frank and strong prejudices, far from being a political and social menace and an obstacle in the path of progress, is often a benign character and helpful citizen. The chance is far greater, furthermore, that he will be more creative than the man who can never come to more than a few gingerly held conclusions, or who thinks that all ideas should be received with equal hospitality. There is such a thing as being so broad you are flat.

Commonplace minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding.