“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.” -Harlan Ellison
“Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry...” -Thomas Jefferson
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.” -Isaac Asimov
“Nothing is more conductive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.” -Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.” -Thomas à Kempis
... originally posted August, 2014
Oh...thanks. I love these quotations. Got to save them, especially Ellison's and Asimov's.
ReplyDeleteLiked them too Pearlie.
DeleteGreat quotes.
ReplyDeleteThanks Denise!
DeleteHi Bob,
ReplyDeleteGreat quotes.
Paul
Thanks for stopping by Paul!
DeleteThese quotes are great food for thought, Bob. For me, quotes by Asimov & Thomas a Kempis give me pause for personal reflection. Thanks for posting these quotes.
ReplyDeleteThanks Loretta! They give me pause too.
DeleteThese are great.....hope the protester read you blog....
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