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Gordon W. Allport
American
November 11, 1897
Psychologist
The surest way to lose truth is to pretend that one already wholly possesses it.
Gordon W. Allport
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Truth
Way
Lose
As partisans of our own way of life, we cannot help thinking in a partisan manner.
Gordon W. Allport
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Life
Our
Way
Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of striving and interest in which the element of self-awareness plays a large part.
Gordon W. Allport
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Which
Part
Matter
Open-mindedness is considered to be a virtue. But, strictly speaking, it cannot occur. A new experience must be redacted into old categories. We cannot handle each event freshly in its own right. If we did so, of what use would past experience be?
Gordon W. Allport
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Experience
Would
Own
