#prejudice

Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam as a violent and intolerant faith - even though when this prejudice took root Islam had a better record of tolerance than Christianity. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#better #christianity #christians #crusades #east

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions. ↗

— Jane Austen

#general #give #mind #more #opinions

Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier, but he will always have to fight the prejudice of aristocratic officers because of his rough working-class upbringing. On the battlefield, he's full of confidence - but off it, he is unsure, a bit shy and ill at ease. ↗

— Sean Bean

#aristocratic #battlefield #because #bit #character

My good opinion once lost is lost forever. ↗

— Jane Austen

#opinions

All the dreams you show up in are not your own. ↗

— Gil Scott-Heron

#prejudice #dreams

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#across #aid #custom #find #i

Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#form #instrument #into #liberation #only

The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up to our parents to see that we had our education in a town that hadn't yet realized what racial prejudice was but actually knew and practiced it on occasion. ↗

— Katherine Dunham

#always #education #family #grow #had

The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#less #likely #man #more #prejudice

The prejudice was so bad in the United States at that time that a dark person with a white person would not be served in a restaurant. My father, mother, and I would try it occasionally. We would sit there, and the food would never come. ↗

— Amar Bose

#come #dark #father #food #i