"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
"Thinking is difficult. That's why most people judge."
-- Carl Jung
The only point I'd make is that adults are just as corruptible as youth with respect to alike-vs.-different thinking. Beyond that, though, I don't have much to add regarding these quotes.
I have to reread these quotes constantly so that I don't fall prey to either shortcoming. It can be a harder road to travel (avoiding echo chambers and not falling into judgment) and takes a lot of continual practice, but it's so worth it. I'm not perfect, though. It still happens (especially the judgment one) and I need to acknowledge it when it happens, cut it off right then and there, and learn from it.
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