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“When social forces press for the rejection of age-old Truth, then those who reject it will seek meaning in their own truth. These truths will rarely be Truth at all; they will be only collections of personal preferences and prejudices.”

Truth Age Force Social Prejudice Presses Rejection Collections Rejects Preference Personal Preferences

Book:The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd

Source: The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd

“The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent and abundant instances may exist to the contrary, yet it either does not observe them or it despises them, or it gets rid of and rejects them by some distinction, with violent and injurious prejudice, rather than sacrifice the authority of its first conclusions.”

“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

“A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers. Everyone takes what he wants or can from it and thus changes it to his measure. Some pick out parts and reject the rest, some strain the story through their mesh of prejudice, some paint it with their own delight. A story must have some points of contact with the reader to make him feel at home in it. Only then can he accept wonders.”

Thinking Men Want Feels Stories Home Reading Secret Accepting Wonder Reader Picks Prejudice Paint Delight Hearing Versions Contact Rejects Strain Mesh

Book:Travels with Charley and Later Novels, 1947-1962

Source: Travels with Charley and Later Novels, 1947-1962

“The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and wilfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices.”

Sin Prejudice Rejects Thelema Willful Ignorance

Book:The Equinox Vol. 1. No. 1.

Source: The Equinox Vol. 1. No. 1.

“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.”

Ifs Knows Ideas Reality Beautiful Universe Prejudice Familiar Mysterious Rejects Frightening New Ideas Beautiful Things Loaded Fear Of The Unknown

Author:Wayne Dyer

“I'm not interested, Larry, in being a perfect, plastic pop singer that looks great in bikinis and is on the cover of every magazine. I'm more interested in helping my fans to love who they are, and helping them to reject prejudice and reject those things that they're taught from society to not like themselves, to feel like freaks, that they're not wanted.”

Feels Looks Helping Wanted Perfect Fans Taught Prejudice Pops Singers Magazines Rejects Lgbt Freak Plastic Not Interested Larry Bikinis

Author:Lady Gaga

“Those who have no prejudices in themselves do not reject people, and therefore people do not reject them.”

People Prejudice Rejects

Author:Suzuki Shosan

“We call upon all communities to be tolerant, to reject prejudice based on caste, creed, sect, colour, religion or agenda to ensure freedom and equality for women so they can flourish. We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.”

Community Half Color Succeed Prejudice Agendas Rejects Creeds Sects Castes Women Equality Freedom And Equality

Author:Malala Yousafzai