I think in many ways narrow minded-attitudes lead to extreme thinking.
Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.
A lot of harm has come in all eras from people attached to one view of 'spiritual' truth.
The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
In contrast to reincarnation and karma, all other views seem petty and narrow
I feel like people are so closed-minded at times.
I just think that most of the people are very close minded.
We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature of their thoughts, the narrowness of their views and of the number of their errors. Whoever attaches a lot of value to the opinions of others pays them too much honor.
There is no real elevation of mind in a contempt of little things; it is, on the contrary, from too narrow views that we consider those things of little importance which have in fact such extensive consequences.
Small towns harbor small imaginations.
Our contempt for others proves nothing but the illiberality and narrowness of our own views.
I'm so fed up with being told that I'm a bad person because I don't subscribe to the same exact narrow views [Christians] have.
When you grow up in the country in France, you have small horizons.
Realists are, as a rule, only men in the rut of routine who are incapable of transcending a narrow circle of antiquated notions.
Talking with people who agree with you is like jogging in a cul de sac.
New York is just as provincial as anyone else.
Too many times, adults walk into situations, and people have already put them in a box: 'Oh, you write comedy.' Or, 'You're the development woman.' And it's not just our profession. It's hard to look at someone and say, 'What else is inside?'
