100 Quotes About Prejudice

The question has often been asked; Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? It does not matter what you call it. Buddhism remains what it is whatever label you may put on it. The label is immaterial. Even the label 'Buddhism' which we give to the teachings of the Buddha is of little importance. The name one gives is inessential.. In the same way Truth needs no label: it is neither Buddhist, Christian, Hindu nor Moslem. It is not the monopoly of anybody. Sectarian labels are a hindrance to the independent understanding of Truth, and they produce harmful prejudices in men's minds. Walpola Rahula

Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself. Bruce Lee

He in whom the love of repose predominates will accept the first creed, the first philosophy, the first political party he meets – most likely his father's. He gets rest, commodity, and reputation; but he shuts the door of truth. Ralph Waldo Emerson

There was only one guy in the whole Bible Jesus ever personally promised a place with him in Paradise. Not Peter, not Paul, not any of those guys. He was a convicted thief, being executed. So don't knock the guys on death row. Maybe they know something you don't. Neil Gaiman

I am a scientist, and as such I am proud to say that being stupid at times is a very human thing. Be proud to be stupid, be proud to be fool. Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect. I admit I am a fool, but at the very least, with each passing day I do my best to get lesser fool. Abhijit Naskar

When the mind is without fear and prejudice, and the head is held high with the strength of reasoning, then only the brightest rays of religion can penetrate the darkest corners of the human society. Abhijit Naskar

O my brave Almighty Human, with the ever-effulgent flow of courage, conscience and compassion, turn yourself into a vivacious humanizer, and start walking with bold footsteps while eliminating racism, terminating misogyny, destroying homophobia and all other primitiveness that have turned humanity into the most inhuman species on earth. Abhijit Naskar

I might not have risen to destroy people's beliefs, but some beliefs do need destruction if the human society is meant to progress in harmony instead of sinking into the depths of illustrious interhuman conflicts. Meekness-induced prejudices have no place in the society of thinking humanity. Abhijit Naskar

The system that aims at educating our boys and girls in the same manner as in the circus where the trainer teaches the lion to sit on a stool, has not understood the true meaning of education itself. Instead of being like a circus where the trainer uses his stick to make animals do stunts to serve the interest of the audience, the system of education should be like an Orchestra where the conductor waves his stick to orchestrate the music already within the musicians’ heart in the most beautiful manner. The teacher should be like the conductor in the orchestra, not the trainer in the circus. Abhijit Naskar

The point is, education in its truest form, is the foundation of all human endeavors. It is the most noble of all the civilized elements of human consciousness. Education enables the humans to achieve their fullest mental and physical potential in both personal and social life. The ability of being educated is what distinguishes humans from animals. You can teach a cockatoo to repeat a bunch of vocabularies, but you cannot teach it to construct a space shuttle and go to the moon. Abhijit Naskar

Instead of being like a circus where the trainer uses his stick to make animals do stunts to serve the interest of the audience, the system of education should be like an Orchestra where the conductor waves his stick to orchestrate the music already within the musicians’ heart in the most beautiful manner. The teacher should be like the conductor in the orchestra, not the trainer in the circus. Abhijit Naskar

Mind is the Alpha — Mind is the Omega. There is nothing else in the pursuit of knowledge. And more importantly, there is nothing else in education. All systems of the society should serve the mind, instead of the mind serving the systems. Abhijit Naskar

Education means nourishing the mind and make it develop in order to see beyond the limitations of current social perception - it means breaking the barriers of the rugged sociological system that impede in the progress of human civilization - it means trying out new things for the first time in human history and succeeding in a few while failing in some. And that is how a species grows to become more advanced. Abhijit Naskar

Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves. Unknown

Let them learn at school whatever they learn to pass the examinations, but at home let the education that you provide be the kind that widens their perceptions and takes away the germs of prejudices that infect them while they are out in the world. Abhijit Naskar

Changing the spelling of one's name to ensure success, performing rituals for good luck, wearing colored gem stones for success in business — all these fall into the same category of psychological reinforcement. Hence, emerged the blood-sucking professions of astrology, palmistry, vastushastra, numerology etc. The very existence of these fraudulent professions is predicated on the fear and anxiety of vulnerable masses. Thus, a person’s superstitious beliefs become the tool of exploitation in the hands of ruthless fraudsters. . Abhijit Naskar

The human has not one but two births — first, when a person is born from the mother’s womb, and second, when that person rises from the socio-culturally imposed cocoon of prejudices and ignorance. Abhijit Naskar

..new prejudices will serve as well as old ones to harness the great unthinking masses. For this enlightenment, however, nothing is required but freedom, and indeed the most harmless among all the things to which this term can properly be applied. It is the freedom to make public use of one's reason at every point. But I hear on all sides, 'Do not argue! ' The Officer says: 'Do not argue but drill! ' The tax collector: 'Do not argue but pay! ' The cleric: 'Do not argue but believe! ' Only one prince in the world says, 'Argue as much as you will, and about what you will, but obey! ' Everywhere there is restriction on freedom. . Immanuel Kant

Electing a bigot enables further bigotry. DaShanne Stokes

Are you going to cater to the whims and prejudices of people who have no intelligent knowledge of what they condemn? Unknown

The internet is where some people go to show their true intelligence; others, their hidden stupidity. Criss Jami

No other being is lesser human than the one who thinks of others as such. Abhijit Naskar

Accepting evil is worse than committing evil. Abhijit Naskar

Accepting evil is worse than committing evil. You must — I repeat — you must, as a human being, stand up on the side of humanism, against barbarian inhumanism, for it is your action, that shall determine whether your children shall live in a world of peace and harmony or a world of chaos and discriminations. Abhijit Naskar

Acceptance does not mean accepting those who disregard humans on the basis of race, religion and sexual orientation. Abhijit Naskar

Privilege doesn't just insulate people from the consequences of their prejudice, it cuts them off from their humanity. DaShanne Stokes

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opin Albert Einstein

Bigotry lives not just in our words, but in our actions, thoughts, and institutions. DaShanne Stokes

Prejudice is learned. What will you teach others through your actions and words? DaShanne Stokes

Salvation of human life requires disclosure of truth through reason, surpassing bigotry. Abhijit Naskar

Start working my friend — start working towards humanizing the world. Because the world needs humans — conscientious humans, not some dumb manikins, driven by prejudice and discrimination. Abhijit Naskar

Become a human and call upon the humans in others. And in time the world shall become a real abode of peace. Abhijit Naskar

There are no other heaven and hell outside the human mind. Goodness is heaven, hatred is hell. Acceptance is religion, sectarianism is blasphemy. Love is holiness, discrimination is sin. Abhijit Naskar

If you'd combat bigotry, use honest language and call things out for what they really are. DaShanne Stokes

To pronounce French properly you must have within you a deep antipathy, not to say scorn, for some of the most sacred of the Anglo-Saxon prejudices. Rex Stout

Saying it's hard being straight is like complaining to the poor that it's difficult being wealthy. DaShanne Stokes

If you think being straight means you're being discriminated against, you're probably misreading your privilege. DaShanne Stokes

Those who benefit from unearned privilege are too often quick to discount those who don't. DaShanne Stokes

Bigotry hurts the economy, so the next time you want to blame minorities for your problems, first take a look in the mirror. DaShanne Stokes

You will get closer to the truths only when you start thinking this way: My religion is not the best religion, my country is not the best country, my culture is not the best culture, and my life is not the best life! The more you move away from arrogance, pride and prejudice, the more you will get closer to the truth! Mehmet Murat Ildan

If you can't see past my name, you can't see me. DaShanne Stokes

Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail. Brandon Sanderson

Clarence Darrow, one of history's greatest lawyers, once noted "There is no such thing as justice, in or out of court." Perhaps because justice is a flawed concept that ultimately comes down to the decision of twelve people. People with their own experiences, prejudices, feelings about what defines right and wrong. Which is why, when the system fails us, we must go out and seek our own justice. Emily Thorne

It is easier for a man to burn down his own house than to get rid of his prejudices. Roger Bacon

There is a flow to history and culture. This flow is rooted and has its wellspring in the thoughts of people. People are unique in the inner life of the mind -- what they are in their thought-world determines how they act. This is true of their value systems and it is true of their creativity. It is true of their corporate actions, such as political decisions, and it is true of their personal lives. The results of their thought-world flow through their fingers or from their tongues into the external world. Francis A. Schaeffer

Privilege is when your voice is the norm but still you claim to be unheard. DaShanne Stokes

Trump didn't divide America. He just doused us with gasoline and fanned the flames. DaShanne Stokes

Building bridges takes us further than building walls. DaShanne Stokes

Calling for an end to hate shouldn't be treated as a punishable offense. DaShanne Stokes

What does religious freedom mean if we would use it as a cover for hate and privilege? DaShanne Stokes

It's terrifying to think you could become the next statistic. DaShanne Stokes

Racism is dead only to those who've closed their eyes and ears to the whole world around them. DaShanne Stokes

Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against. DaShanne Stokes

No, I mean, this is a problem that most people have. A problem of the human condition. We get ahold of some kind of shorthand in understanding people, and we think it works, and we use it to assess, categorize, and then, very often, dismiss people. It's the basis for stereotyping, profiling, and several other very sorry words that end in i-n-g. Phillip DePoy

Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate. DaShanne Stokes

People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged. DaShanne Stokes

A good judge is not one who is impartial, but one who has prejudice for good. Raheel Farooq

You will think you take generous views of her; but you will never begin to know through what a strange sea of feeling she passed before she accepted you. As she stood there in front of you the other day, she plunged into it. She said 'Why not?' to something which, a few hours earlier, had been inconceivable. She turned about on a thousand gathered prejudices and traditions as on a pivot, and looked where she had never looked hitherto. . Henry James

There is nothing 'honorable' or 'reasonable' in giving a pass to those who want to discriminate. DaShanne Stokes

Bigotry and sexism destroy the unity needed for a nation to live. DaShanne Stokes

Noah had transformed in my eyes, too, butt it wasn't because he had changed. It was my perception of him had changed. He'd always been the cool person I'd come to know and respect, I'd just been blinded by my prejudices. Lee Strauss

Confession time: I doubt I would ever have picked up one of Marjorie’s books, had I not met her in person. The reason is they’re categorized as Romances, which is where they are shelved in bookstores. Though I have no justification for avoiding it, the romance section is an area in bookstores I seldom wander into. Her novels also have traditional-looking romance book covers, which are occasionally a bit off-putting to us mighty manly men. Then again, who knows? I don’t carry many biases where good storytelling is concerned. I’m willing to find it anywhere, as too many of my friends will attest, when I try to drag them to wonderful movies that they aren’t eager to go to, simply because they fall under the chick-flick rubric. So, in any case, I’m glad I did meet Marjorie Liu in person, because it would have been a shame to miss out on the work of an author this talented due to whatever degree of cultural prejudices I might still possess. I trust you who read this won’t make the same mistake. Bill Willingham

A stereotype is not a stereotype if it's true. Ron DeLegge II

It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others. DaShanne Stokes

Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all. DaShanne Stokes

Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed. DaShanne Stokes

The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that's the minute bigotry wins. DaShanne Stokes

Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others. DaShanne Stokes

Tolerance of intolerance enables oppression. DaShanne Stokes

Reducing a group to a slur or stereotype reduces us all. DaShanne Stokes

Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It's progress. DaShanne Stokes

Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon. DaShanne Stokes

You're not under attack when others gain rights and privileges you've always had. DaShanne Stokes

Never be content to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon. Your rights could be next. DaShanne Stokes

We must tell the world that even though we elected a bigot, bigotry will not prevail. DaShanne Stokes

Whites saying 'make America white again' is like millionaires saying 'make the wealthy rich again. DaShanne Stokes

People often call fighting racism being 'PC' when they don't want to confront their own prejudice DaShanne Stokes

Racism hurts everyone, including racists themselves. DaShanne Stokes

I never see the color of a person. I never notice the color of their eyes. But the thing that always gets my attention. Is when the spout out lies Stanley Victor Paskavich