“His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.”
Source: Stranger in a Strange Land
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American science fiction author 1907–1988Related quotes
“Consistency is the defense of a small mind”
Source: The Seeress of Kell
1930s, Wisehart interview (1930)
Context: I do not believe in a God who maliciously or arbitrarily interferes in the personal affairs of mankind. My religion consists of an humble admiration for the vast power which manifests itself in that small part of the universe which our poor, weak minds can grasp!
“What bothers me about television is that it takes our minds off our minds.”
Tom Waller (March 13, 1991) "Neighbors Grapevine", Wisconsin State Journal, p. 1.
Attributed
Source: Chapter 14, “The Name of the Wind” (p. 113)
Context: Remember this son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who can’t sing. Words have to find a man’s mind before they can touch his heart. And, some men’s minds are woeful small targets. Music touches their hearts directly, no matter how small or stubborn the mind of the man who listens.
“Music trains the mind, like mathematics, or logic, to precision of mind.”
Source: Tigana (1990), Chapter 4 (p. 77)
The Secret of the Golden Flower (1931) Commentary by C.G.Jung in CW 13: Alchemical Studies. P. 60
Source: Dramatis Personae (1864), Rabbi Ben Ezra, Line 121.
Context: Be there, for once and all,
Severed great minds from small,
Announced to each his station in the Past!
Was I, the world arraigned,
Were they, my soul disdained,
Right? Let age speak the truth and give us peace at last!
Now, who shall arbitrate?
Ten men love what I hate,
Shun what I follow, slight what I receive;
Ten, who in ears and eyes
Match me: we all surmise,
They this thing, I that: whom shall my soul believe?