“**There’s little advantage to reading with arrogance or to confirm preexisting opinions** either. [[Hitler]], spent his short prison sentence after World War I reading the classics of history. Except **instead of learning anything, he found in those thousands of pages only that, as he said, “I recognized the correctness of my views.**”” ([Location 777](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07QY3CZ9L&location=777)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[confirmation-bias]], [[self-selection-bias]], [[self-control]], [[discipline]], [[challenging-others]] **Source** -- [[202409180133 - B - Stillness is the Key]]