Roger Bacon Quotes

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.

With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some other thing.

My greatest surprise was that so much of what we think is common sense is just prejudice, and so much of what we think is scientific fact is about as scientific as the idea that the sun revolves around the earth.

For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while.

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness.

Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.

Beware of current truths.

The ignorant are to be found as much among the educated as among the uneducated.

I'm against ignorance. I'm against sloppy, emotional thinking. I'm against fashionable thinking. I am against the whole cliché of the moment.

I cannot articulate enough to express my dislike to people who think that understanding spoils your experience... How would they know?

He who thinks little errs much.

Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

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.

I have heard it remarked that men are not to be reasoned out of an opinion they have not reasoned themselves into.

Opinion is the death of knowledge.

Answers given with authority negate the search for truth.

Scientists who think science consists of unprejudiced data-gathering without speculation are merely cows grazing on the pasture of knowledge.

Intellectually, most people never wash. They never free their minds of the accumulated rubbish of centuries.

Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.

Don't hold strong opinions about things you don't truly understand.

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.

Most men of education are more superstitious than they admit - nay, than they think.

"Edward, Edward," he said with a patronising smile, "there are no unanswered questions of any relevance. Every question that we need to ask has been answered fully. If you can't find the correct answer then you are obviously asking the wrong question."

Religion is very enlightening - to those who don't understand it.