"People cannot handle prejudice because they try to deal with the symptom. Prejudice is the symptom, wrong assumptions are the cause.'Prejudice is the daughter of assumption."

Society, Prejudice, Cause, Awareness, Understanding

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"People cannot handle prejudice because they try to deal with the symptom. Prejudice is the symptom, wrong assumptions are the cause.'Prejudice is the daughter of assumption."

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"Our minds of infinite possibilities have been plowed, seeded and cultivated by every word, institution and sacred belief we hold dear, to produce a foul harvest of exclusion, apathy, brute domination and death."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Society, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

"A society becomes a breeding ground of violence and terrorism when it closes its door to new ideas and forces the citizens to live in the prison of conforming thoughts."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Society, Violence, Terrorism, Conformity

"Oh shit did you just dis the feminine genderI'll pummel your ass then stick you in a blenderYou think I like Tori and Ani so I can't rhymeBut I got flow like Ghostbusters got slimeObjectify women and it's fuckin' onYou'll be dead and gone like ancient Babylon."

John Green, American Author

Society, Feminism, Expression, Art, Power

"Don't judge people by their religious, cultural, or professional background. Judge if you must, by their behavior with other people."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Society, Judgment, Behavior, Truth, Humanity

"A country is poor not because they have no wealth but because they have no good ideas."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Society, Country, Wealth, Ideas

"Either you are homophobic or you are a human - you cannot be both."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Society, Humanity, Truth, Justice, Equality

"It's strange how money seems to silence a neighborhood," I say quietly. "On my street, where no one has money, it's so loud. Sirens blaring, people shouting, car doors slamming, stereos thumping. There's always someone, somewhere, making noise."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Society, Money, Silence, Neighborhood, Life

"O brave new world,That has such people in 't!-Miranda."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Society, Hope, Truth, Future, Wisdom

"The overload of useless ceremonials and worship have crippled the whole nation. If you want to do good to your nation and yourself, then throw away your ancient ceremonials as far as possible."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Society, Tradition, Truth, Power, Life

"Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin."

John Green, American Author

Society, Freedom, Sin, City, Culture

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"To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides."

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"Enemies are often former or potential friends who have been denied - or think that they have been denied - something."

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"Do not try to be humble: learn humility."

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"Sufism is that which succeeds in bringing to man the High Knowledge."

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"Knowledge gives nothing to a man until he gives everything to it."

Knowledge

"From a personal experience and the examination of literature, I feel that we cannot take for granted that a dialogue, without information and perhaps without understanding, is possible between any individuals or groups on all levels. So the prerequisite is information."

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"The Sufi must be able to alternate his thought between the relative and the Absolute, the approximate and the Real."

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"Our minds of infinite possibilities have been plowed, seeded and cultivated by every word, institution and sacred belief we hold dear, to produce a foul harvest of exclusion, apathy, brute domination and death."

"A society becomes a breeding ground of violence and terrorism when it closes its door to new ideas and forces the citizens to live in the prison of conforming thoughts."

"Oh shit did you just dis the feminine genderI'll pummel your ass then stick you in a blenderYou think I like Tori and Ani so I can't rhymeBut I got flow like Ghostbusters got slimeObjectify women and it's fuckin' onYou'll be dead and gone like ancient Babylon."

"Don't judge people by their religious, cultural, or professional background. Judge if you must, by their behavior with other people."

"A country is poor not because they have no wealth but because they have no good ideas."

"Either you are homophobic or you are a human - you cannot be both."

"It's strange how money seems to silence a neighborhood," I say quietly. "On my street, where no one has money, it's so loud. Sirens blaring, people shouting, car doors slamming, stereos thumping. There's always someone, somewhere, making noise."

"O brave new world,That has such people in 't!-Miranda."

"The overload of useless ceremonials and worship have crippled the whole nation. If you want to do good to your nation and yourself, then throw away your ancient ceremonials as far as possible."

"Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin."

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"You are still adrift while you still think that a means is an end."

"Even if false gold makes a man happy:At the mint it will be identified."

"The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete."

"To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides."

"Enemies are often former or potential friends who have been denied - or think that they have been denied - something."

"Do not try to be humble: learn humility."

"Sufism is that which succeeds in bringing to man the High Knowledge."

"Knowledge gives nothing to a man until he gives everything to it."

"From a personal experience and the examination of literature, I feel that we cannot take for granted that a dialogue, without information and perhaps without understanding, is possible between any individuals or groups on all levels. So the prerequisite is information."

"The Sufi must be able to alternate his thought between the relative and the Absolute, the approximate and the Real."