Best prejudice & reading Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“If we repeatedly read the Bible without the help of the Holy Spirit, it tends to reinforce our own prejudices and rock-hard doctrinal positions. We end up merely finding ammunition for what we already believe. We become so spiritually proud, so convinced of our own positions, that the Spirit is hindered in helping us to grow in the things of God.”

“A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles, lighting and magnifying the page.”

People Reading Reader Pages Prejudice Friendly Lamps Lighting Good Writers Adverse Spectacles Magnifying

Book:Pleasures,objects and advantages of literature

Source: Pleasures,objects and advantages of literature

“Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can.”

Men Mind Littles Wisdom Age Lying Faith Reading Belief Grows Knowledge Prejudice Spread Spots Grease

Author:James Truslow Adams

“The truth is that neither then nor at any former time, since I had attained my maturity in Age, Reading and reflection had I imbibed any general Prejudice against Kings, or in favour of them. It appeared to me then as it has done ever since, that there is a State of Society in which a Republican Government is the best, and in America the only one.”

States Done Government Age America Reading Kings Republican Truth Is Reflection Prejudice Former Maturity Favour Republican Government

Book:The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: Autobiography (cont.) Diary. Notes of a debate in the Senate of the United States. Essays: On private revenge. On self-delusion. On private revenge. Dissertation on the canon and the feudal law. Instructions of the town of Braintree to their representative, 1765. The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford. Instructions of the town of Boston to their representatives, 1768. Instructions of the town of

Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: Autobiography (cont.) Diary. Notes of a debate in the Senate of the United States. Essays: On private revenge. On self-delusion. On private revenge. Dissertation on the canon and the feudal law. Instructions of the town of Braintree to their representative, 1765. The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford. Instructions of the town of Boston to their representatives, 1768. Instructions of the town of

“In reading Ameen Rihani... I seem to have become absorbed to the point of forgetting my prejudice... and my envy of Mr. Rihani because he was permitted to enter many remote parts of Arabia which were barred to others.”

Seems Reading Forget Prejudice Envy Arabia

Author:William Seabrook

“The problem is that many who reject Marx do not read him, or read him only by bringing prejudices to their reading that prevent them from understanding him.”

Problem Reading Understanding Prejudice Rejects Understanding Him

Author:Allen W. Wood

“I grew up reading 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Pride and Prejudice' - girly kind of books.”

Kind Book Reading Pride Grew Grew Up Prejudice Sensibility Girly

Author:Leighton Meester

“Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.”

Able Reading Literature Sides Materials Prejudice Hearing Biased

Author:Marilyn vos Savant