Quotes About Open-mindedness

Everything has been perhaps already said either good or bad, but not everyone has either read or accepted it as they should have had.

Actually, we were at the other extreme from giants: we had become dwarfs! And I mean this quite literally. For, often, the right way to philosophize is to make yourself artificially stupid! Only by being "stupid" can you break the barrier of the seemingly obvious.

The more sure I am that I'm right, the more likely I will actually be mistaken. My need to be right makes it more likely that I will be wrong! Likewise, the more sure I am that I am mistreated, the more likely I am to miss ways that I am mistreating others myself. My need for justification obscures the truth.

I have learned a great deal from other Witches, Wiccans, Odinists, Voodoo and Hoodou practitioners, Druids and many others who consider themselves Pagan. The one common thread is that every single person has been nonjudgmental. Isn't this what it's all about, acceptance? Are we not here to design our own spiritual path? --Icinia

Open your mind before your mouth

the more that people confine themselves to likeminded company, the more extreme their views become.

Children have imagination enough to grasp any idea which you present to them with honesty and without patronage.

One of my prescriptions for slow political thinking is to try to avoid telling yourself, "I'm reasonable, they're not." Instead, I would suggest the following rule of thumb. The only person you are qualified to pronounce unreasonable is yourself.

Americans are broad-minded people. They'll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater, and even a newspaperman, but if a man doesn't drive, there is something wrong with him.

With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions, you are not taking its measure.

Don't stereotype cause everyone is their type

There is evidence that as we become less exposed to opposing viewpoints, we become less logically competent as people.

the more willing we should be to listen and engage—especially if the person with whom we are in conversation will challenge our deeply held—even our most cherished and identity-forming—beliefs. . .

Rule 3. Never assume the motives of another person.

People's intolerance, I find puzzling.

You can disagree with somebody and still think they're qualified.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

I tend to approach characters not based on ethnicity but on some unique individual qualities, and I've set my whole life that way. I don't want any sort of limitations imposed on my work. If you truly want to be a creative person, you can't limit yourself.

Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets new information, assimilates it, and changes in order the fit in with the way the world is moving. I admire that.

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

It is possible to be different and still be all right. There can be two - or more - answers to the same question, and all can be right.

I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.

I like to go to the movies and watch characters who make me question how I see the world.

The way James Franco goes to new projects, he does it the way an artist should, which is with a question mark. Like, will this work?