“An important advance in the life of a people is the transformation of the religion of fear into the moral religion. But one must avoid the prejudice that regards the religions of primitive peoples as pure fear religions and those of the civilized races as pure moral religions. All are mixed forms, though the moral element predominates in the higher levels of social life. Common to all these types is the anthropomorphic character of the idea of God.” PeopleImportantIdeasCharacterFormSocialLevelsCommonRaceMoralTypeHigherPureElementsPrejudiceTransformationRegardCivilizedPrimitiveSocial LifeHigher Level Book:Einstein on Cosmic Religion and Other Opinions and Aphorisms Source: Einstein on Cosmic Religion and Other Opinions and Aphorisms
“I'm not sure at all that literature should be studied on the university level. ... Why should people study books? Isn't it rather silly to study Pride and Prejudice. Either you get it or you don't.” PeopleShouldBookLiteratureLevelsEducationStudyPridePrejudiceUniversitySillyNot Sure Author:Susan Sontag
“Nothing is more important for transgender people than to have access to excellent health care in trans-affirmative environments, to have the legal and institutional freedom to pursue their own lives as they wish, and to have their freedom and desire affirmed by the rest of the world. This will happen only when transphobia is overcome at the level of individual attitudes and prejudices and in larger institutions of education, law, health care, and kinship.” PeopleWorldImportantHappensCareLawDesireIndividualWishLevelsAttitudeEnvironmentOvercomingPrejudiceInstitutionsAccessPursueHealth CareExcellentTransgenderTransAffirmativeKinship Author:Judith Butler
“There's a tendency to treat anyone with a physical disability as inspiring. I call it a pedestal of prejudice, in that you're lifting people up to dismiss them. My whole thing is bringing us down to everyone else's level and saying we're all the same. The struggle is the same.” PeopleWholeLevelsStruggleTreatsPrejudiceTendenciesDisabilityLiftingPedestal Author:Zach Anner
“I think it's fair to say there is a demagogic path that Europeans, South Americans, Asians have pursued, and we know where that leads. It uses xenophobia, it uses paranoia, it uses prejudice, it uses nationalism to really stir people up and to, you know, begin an us-versus-them contrast, which is dangerous and is not something we've had in our politics at a presidential level in America.” PeopleThinkingKnowsUseAmericaLevelsPathDangerousFairsPrejudiceSouthPresidentialNationalismContrastVersusPursuedParanoiaXenophobia Author:Hillary Clinton
“The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.” EarthStrongLevelsBirdTraditionPrejudiceWingsExhaustedSoarBruisedFluttering Book:The Awakening Source: The Awakening
“Our conscious motivations, ideas, and beliefs are a blend of false information, biases, irrational passions, rationalizations, prejudices, in which morsels of truth swim around and give the reassurance albeit false, that the whole mixture is real and true. The thinking processes attempt to organize this whole cesspool of illusions according to the laws of plausibility. This level of consciousness is supposed to reflect reality; it is the map we use for organizing our life.” ThinkingGivingIdeasRealWholeUseRealityLawMotivationPassionBeliefProcessLevelsConsciousnessOur LivesInformationIllusionConsciousPrejudiceMapsSwimIrrationalOrganizeMixturesReassuranceThinking Process Author:Erich Fromm
“D'you ever wonder what it would be like if our positions were reversed?' I ask. At Jack's puzzled look I continue. 'If we whites were in charge instead of you Crosses?' 'Can't say it's ever crossed my mind,' Jack shrugs. 'I used to think about it a lot,' I sigh. 'Dreams of living in a world with no more discrimination, no more prejudice, a fair police force, an equal justice system, equality of education, equality of life, a level playing field.” IfsThinkingWorldMindLooksDreamWould BeUsedAsksForceJusticeLevelsWonderFieldsPositionEqualFairsCrossesPrejudicePoliceDiscriminationSighJustice SystemPlaying FieldsPuzzledPolice ForceLevel Playing FieldEqual JusticeNoughts And Crosses Author:Malorie Blackman
“If man were relieved of all superstition, and all prejudice, and had replaced these with a keen sensitivity to his real environment, and moreover had achieved a level of communication so simplified that one syllable could express his every thought, then he would have achieved the level of intelligence already achieved by his dog.” IfsMenRealLevelsEnvironmentMankindDogCommunicationPrejudiceSuperstitionsReplacedSensitivityRelievedSyllables Author:Robert Breault
“The only thing that anyone can diagnose, with any certainty, by looking at a fat person, is their own level of stereotype and prejudice toward fat people.” PeoplePersonsLevelsPrejudiceFatsCertaintyStereotypeFat People Author:Marilyn Wann
“Modern education is competitive, nationalistic and separative. It has trained the child to regard material values as of major importance, to believe that his nation is also of major importance and superior to other nations and peoples. The general level of world information is high but usually biased, influenced by national prejudices, serving to make us citizens of our nation but not of the world.” WorldBelieveChildrenValuesNationsLevelsModernInformationMaterialsCitizensMajorsImportancePrejudiceRegardSuperiorsServingBiasedNationalisticModern Education Author:Albert Einstein
“When I was 8, I was reading 'Gone with the Wind' and 'Pride and Prejudice' and all that, not knowing it wasn't my reading level.” ReadingLevelsGoneKnowingWindPridePrejudiceNot Knowing Author:Stephenie Meyer
“Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice. We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado? Journalists covering combat shoulder great responsibilities and face difficult choices. Sometimes they pay the ultimate price.” WarSometimesStoriesFacesChoicesAsksDifficultLevelsPayResponsibilityRiskHorrorUltimatePrejudiceBraveryMissionsShouldersJournalistReportsCombatCoveringAccuracyGreat ResponsibilityBravadoHorror Of WarDifficult Choices Author:Marie Colvin