“Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.” Mark Twain
Rigidity in Thought and Opinion
05 Friday Aug 2011
Posted in Quote of the Day
05 Friday Aug 2011
Posted in Quote of the Day
“Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.” Mark Twain
There seems to be a connection between this quote and your last entry about the destruction of the Second Temple. Sinat chinam, baseless hatred between one Jew and another, which still plagues us today, is perpetrated through petrified opinions about what “the other” believes.
Good thought Enid!