Quotes About Open-mindedness

Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.

If anyone tells you there is only one way, their way, get as far away from them as possible, both physically and philosophically.

The creative mind cannot be constrained by logical thinking.

Not everyone can be relaxed or comfortable enough to seriously listen to the (debate or interview) answers.

All I'm trying to say is that if you're not willing to observe this, if you're just going to condemn it, you're never going to see it. It's there, whether you like it or not. This is stupid life-force we're dealing with here," he said. "Think how old it is, Jim. Think how huge it is. Understanding it doesn't make any difference.

Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.

A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.

We only hate what we don't understand.

Certainty closes many doors," he replied. "It leads to dogmatism. Souls accept what they know and stop striving upwards.

A superstição perniciosa generalizada é que é preciso deletar o anterior, para aceitar o novo. Que pobreza, que pobreza, que pobreza, que atraso! Se a memória aceita, se o perfil confere, se a senha foi dada, roda os dois programas ao mesmo tempo, roda os três, roda os vinte, porra!

Então eu acho que se deve experimentar, é uma burrice não experimentar. Quem não usa nada, nem secretamente, é um perigoso louco que possivelmente mataria alguém.

He certainly knew that people who are excessively sure that there's only one way and one truth, a truth entirely known to them, are dangerous. . . . To know the truth and try to impose it on others, in a world where every thing changes and is cloaked under all kinds of appearances, is a serious madness.

During the day, if you are invited to share your spiritual practice with anyone, remember that humility, non-judgment and respect for other's points of view are the best measure of spiritual attainment.

Humility does not necessarily require me to agree and comply with everyone else's position, but it does demand that I be willing to understand and respect the many sides of every issue.

These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual.

What should girls read?" Caroline asked, as Anna entered the library. "Everything," Anna replied. A

I didn't know much about him, and I wasn't a big country music fan. I listened to the Beatles and David Bowie, so I didn't know a lot about him.

You go to school everyday. Folks who think they've learned everything they need to know are usually dumber than chickens.

Never doubt another's choices, I say. You can't know his reasons.

I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another. --Mallory Pike

Because that's how intelligent people conduct themselves. They allow for each other's differences.

They went in a spirit of scientific enquiry, but they could not quite manage to be open-minded; for once on the mountain, strange fears began to assail them. Behind their bravely rational and humanist front, they were still men of the Middle Ages, and their climb became a metaphor for the struggle of Renaissance Europe to get past old ghosts.

We are prone to ignore or to condemn that which we do not clearly understand;

Be careful not to judge anyone by the way they look. For when doing so, you are missing out on discovering who they truly are. Trials and triumphs are rerely seen at first glance. Look with your heart for another's heart. Here is the beauty.