“Philosophy, beginning in wonder, as Plato and Aristotle said, is able to fancy everything different from what it is. It sees the familiar as if it were strange, and the strange as if it were familiar. It can take things up and lay them down again. It rouses us from our native dogmatic slumber and breaks up our caked prejudices.” IfsSaidDifferentPhilosophyAbleWonderBreakStrangePrejudiceLaysFamiliarFancyNativePlatoSlumberDogmaticPlato And Aristotle Book:William James: Essays and Lectures Source: William James: Essays and Lectures
“I think the important thing about sisters is that they share the same minute, familiar life-style, the same little sets of rules. Therefore they can keep house with each other late in life, because they share the same bunch of housewifely prejudices. The important thing about women today is, as they get older, they still keep house. It's one reason they don't die, but men die when they retire. Women just polish the teacups.” ThinkingMenLittlesStillsImportantReasonTodayDiesHouseShareMinutesStyleLatePrejudiceImportant ThingsBunchFamiliarRetiringPolishLife Style Author:Margaret Mead
“Whenever our ethnic or national prejudices are aroused, in times of scarcity, during challenges to national self esteem or nerve, when we agonize about our diminished cosmic place and purpose, or when fanaticism is bubbling up around us - then, habits of thought familiar from ages past reach for the controls.” SelfAgePastPurposeChallengesSelf EsteemHabitPrejudiceFamiliarEsteemCosmosNervesCosmicFanaticismScarcityPseudoscience Book:Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“Housing in New York seemed to fit Norman Lear. In addition, his shows confronted all kinds of social issues - racial separation and prejudice being foremost among them. The Evans of Good Times were the first black family to be the focus of a primetime American TV show. A lot of the people we came across in filming were familiar with the role Norman played in catalyzing important national conversations about race. They seemed grateful to him for trying to move the needle.” PeopleTryingKindImportantMovingBlackFocusFitPrejudiceGratefulSeparationFamiliarAll KindsGood TimesSocial IssuesLearBlack Family Author:Solly Granatstein
“Fear of the unknown... They are afraid of new ideas... They are loaded with prejudices, not based upon anything in reality, but based on... "If something is new, I reject it immediately because it's frightening to me." What they do instead is just stay with the familiar. You know, to me, the most beautiful things in all the universe, are the most mysterious.” IfsKnowsIdeasRealityBeautifulUniversePrejudiceFamiliarMysteriousRejectsFrighteningNew IdeasBeautiful ThingsLoadedFear Of The Unknown Author:Wayne Dyer
“There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.” MindHumorGrowthPrejudiceFamiliarComfort ZoneFamiliarityUnfamiliarNimble Author:George Santayana