Quotes on prejudice
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
Wilde, Oscar
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
Voltaire
I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man is a human being, and that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.
Twain, Mark
Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.
Browne, Merry
We are each burdened with prejudice; against the poor or the rich, the smart or the slow, the gaunt or the obese. It is natural to develop prejudices. It is noble to rise above them.
Unknown, Author
If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon.
Aiken, George
O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.
Penn, William
I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
Ellison, Ralph
In overcoming prejudice, working together is even more effective than talking together.
Sockman, Ralph W.
Prejudice is the child of ignorance.
Hazlitt, William
If you judge people you have no time to love them.
Teresa, Mother
I happen to think that the singular evil of our time is prejudice. It is from this evil that all other evils grow and multiply. In almost everything I've written there is a thread of this: a man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself.
Serling, Rod