Thomas Sowell Quotes About Self Esteem

Quotes about: Self Esteem

• Someone once said that the most important knowledge is knowledge of our own ignorance. Our schools are depriving millions of students of that kind of knowledge by promoting "self-esteem" and encouraging them to have opinions on things of which they are grossly ignorant, if not misinformed.

  Thomas Sowell

  Education, Self Esteem, School

• People used to say, "Ignorance is no excuse." Today, ignorance is no problem. After all, you have "a right to your own opinion" - and self-esteem to boot.

  Thomas Sowell

  Self Esteem, Ignorance, People

• The promotion of "self-esteem" in our schools has been so successful that people feel free to spout off about all sorts of things - and see no reason why their opinions should not be taken as seriously as the views of people who actually know what they are talking about.

  Thomas Sowell

  Self Esteem, Taken, School

  Thomas Sowell (2002). “Controversial Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

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