Bubba Wallace Quotes

Ignorance is always afraid of change.

Orthodoxy: That peculiar condition where the patient can neither eliminate an old idea nor absorb a new one.

Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands.

You know, people aren't always the most open-minded.

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

The less one knows, the more he thinks he knows, and the more willing he is to employ any and all measures to enforce his views upon others.

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.

Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.

The defense of morals is the battle-cry which best rallies stupidity against change.

Extremists think "communication" means agreeing with them.

If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about?

It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism.

A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.

One thing about liberals: It doesn't even occur to them that there is another side to an argument. They are so convinced of the righteousness of their own position that it doesn't dawn on them that a reasonable person might have a different viewpoint.

Liberals are not always so liberal with people who disapprove - disapprove of their point of view.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.

God help us from those who believe that they are the sole possessors of truth. How we manage at times to agree willingly to become prisoners within our own minds and souls of beliefs and ideas on which we can never be flexible.

It's hard for the majority of people to accept what they don't understand.

There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.

There are people who never experience that, who remain closed until death, from fear of change.

The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.

I'm too old to adapt to somebody else's ways.