Quotes About Open-mindedness

Mentats cultivated naivete. Thinking you knew something was a sure way to blind yourself. It was not growing up that slowly applied brakes to learning (Mentats were taught) but an accumulation of "things I know.

Leto smiled. "Duncan, have I not told you that when you think you know something, that is a most perfect barrier against learning?

The most perfect barrier to learning a thing is the belief that is it already known

Persoana capabil? s? ia un lucru banal È™i obiÈ™nuit pentru a-l prezenta într-o nou? lumin? are darul de a însp?imânta. Nu vrem ca ideile noastre s? fie schimbate. Ne simÈ›im ameninÈ›aÈ›i de asemenea tentative. ?tiu deja tot ce-i important de È™tiut! spunem noi. Apoi apare Schimb?torul È™i r?stoarn? toate vechile noastre idei.

when you think you know something, that is a most perfect barrier against learning?

Only a fool imagines he's beyond the reach of his prejudices.

Nikad ne pokušavaj razložno razgovarati s ljudima koji vjeruju da su u pravu.

All persons act from beliefs they are conditioned not to question, from a set of deeply seated prejudices. Therefore, whoever presumes to judge must be asked: How are you affronted? And this judge must begin there to question inwardly as well as outwardly. — The Question from Ritual of the Courtarena Guide to Servants of the Box

Most deadly errors arise from obsolete assumptions

Thinking you knew something was a sure way to blind yourself. It was not growing up that slowly applied brakes to learning (Mentats were taught) but an accumulation of "things I know.

the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.

And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.

When strangers meet, great allowance should be made for differences of custom and training.

A crede c? È™tii ceva era calea cea mai sigur? de a te orbi singur. Nu înaintarea în vârst? era cea care frâna încetul cu încetul capacitatea de a înv??a (...), ci acumularea de "lucruri pe care le È™tiu".

The hair-splitters up there will welcome any point

those who are ignorant naturally consider everything possible.

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds.

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

It was a free-for-all with music when I was growing up. My mother was a huge music fanatic so I was listening to everything from country to heavy metal to Indigo Girls to Elton John. I guess when I was really young I didn't like Willie Nelson, and she obviously loved him. Now I do too, I'm so thankful to her for playing his music nonstop.

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

Most of my hobbies involve athletics and outdoor activities. I'm willing to learn about anything and converse and pick people's brains, and I ask people to do the same. I'm into learning anything new and trying new stuff.

The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.

The less one knows, the more he thinks he knows, and the more willing he is to employ any and all measures to enforce his views upon others.

We really teach ourselves. If you want to learn, you will always find someone to learn from, be they dead or alive, great or unknown. You learn from everything you see and hear around you - if you are willing to pay attention.