"Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized."

-- Benjamin Haydon

#Mind Quotes #Prejudice Quotes #Serious Quotes

“[On vanity:] The nose of Cleopatra: if it had been shorter, the face of the earth would have changed.”
“My passion has always been books and literature, and teaching.”
“I currently live in the Plaza in New York and I love it - all that history, all those interesting stories.”
“How can we still speak of the salvation and reformation of Europe, when we have to ask Europe's destroyer for help?”

Source : "The Face of the Third Reich: Portraits of the Nazi Leadership". Book by Joachim Fest, p. 171, 1999.
“Honest fiction may be made to supplement the pulpit.”
“Our ability to study the brain has been limited because of our tools and our tools have only allowed us to look at one neurotransmitter and we haven't looked so much into co-localization and co-release of transmitters. Our thinking is hampered by our tools.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Almost anything is enough to keep alive someone who wishes nothing for himself but time to write music ...”
“Examine the nature of hatred; you will find that it is no more than a thought. When you see it as it is, it will dissolve like a cloud in the sky.”

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