Quotes About Open-mindedness

I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.

Bir parçalar? yerine koyma bulmacas?n? çözemiyorsan?z; tekrar tekrar ayn? çözümü deneyerek bir yere ulaÅŸamazs?n?z. DeÄŸiÅŸmek, adapte olmak, denemek ve yeni bir ÅŸeyler yapmak için esnek olursan?z, çözersiniz. Ne kadar esnek olursan?z, o kadar seçenek yarat?rs?n?z, o kadar çok kap? açabilirsiniz ve daha çok baÅŸar?l? olursunuz. -S?n?rs?z Güç

If you want to play the game and win, you've got to play "full out." You've got to be willing to feel stupid, and you've got to be willing to try things that might not work—and if they don't work, be willing to change your approach.

It is no good any longer having any opinion upon anything...

She was an old woman who thought all evil of those she did not know, and all good of those whom she did know....

In order to believe clients' accounts of trauma, you need to suspend any pre-conceived notions that you have about what is possible and impossible in human experience. As simple as they may sound, it may be difficult to do so.

The lady who offered us her seat, on the other hand, saw others and the situation clearly, without bias. She saw others as they were, as people like herself, with similar needs and desires. She saw straightforwardly. She was out of the box.

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.

God is not a Christian.

Tis the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

He is best of all who of himself conceiveth all things;   Good again is he too who can adopt a good suggestion;   But whoso neither of himself conceiveth nor hearing from   another   Layeth it to heart;—he is a useless man.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it

That's all I know, except that he's probably straight." The landlady gave him a sly smile. "That's what he told you? He's probably straight?" He laughed. "Well, he's currently in love with Bruce Springsteen, so I just assumed he was." "Now wait a minute.

Nevertheless, when you did not know what you were looking for, it was important to avoid all prejudices and preconceptions; something that at first sight seemed irrelevant, or even nonsensical, might turn out to be a vital clue.

We're an equal-opportunity abuser here. (Syd)

listen, even if you don't want to hear

Being afraid of somebody who's different'll make an awful meanness come over you.

I'll say this for her, she sticks to what she believes. But a person can believe something so hard they lose sight of everything else.

Comme, dans les partis politiques, il y a des démocrates qui admettent plusieurs partis, de même dans le domaine des opinions les gens larges reconnaissent une valeur aux opinions avec lesquelles ils se disent en désaccord. C'est avoir complètement perdu le sens même du vrai et du faux. D'autres, ayant pris position pour une opinion, ne consentent à examiner rien qui lui soit contraire. C'est la transposition de l'esprit totalitaire.

it is only when a man goes out into the world with the thought that there are heroisms all round him, and with the desire all alive in his heart to follow any which may come within sight of him, that he breaks away... from the life he knows, and ventures forth into the wonderful mystic twilight land where lie the great adventures and the great rewards.

EMONE Non pensare che sia nel giusto solo il tuo carattere, solo ciò che dici, e nient'altro. Chi crede di essere il solo a capire, il solo a poter parlare, il solo a possedere un'anima retta, appena lo apri scopri che è vuoto. Ma che un uomo, anche se già è saggio, impari molto e non pretenda troppo, ciò non è vergognoso per nulla.»

TIRESIA Medita su questi portenti, figlio. È comune a tutti gli uomini errare. Ma, dopo che ha errato, non sarà stolto né infelice colui che vi rimedia e non resta irremovibile. L'ostinazione condanna alla stoltezza.»

Never assume that what you know is all there is to know.