Quotes About Open-mindedness

Do not believe that you alone can be right. The man who thinks that, The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul— A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.

Only fools think that they alone Are wise, and hear no other point of view. À wise man is never ashamed to learn, To listen, and bend when the time is right. When a flood sweeps through a forest, the trees That bend survive, keep every leaf intact; The ones that don't snap off and are swept away. A wise man knows when to slacken sail; À fool refuses and overturns his ship.

Now don't, please, be quite so single-minded, self-involved, or assume the world is wrong and you are right. Whoever thinks that he alone possesses intelligence, the gift of eloquence, he and no one else, and character too... such men, I tell you, spread them open-you will find them empty.

It is perhaps the misfortune of my life that I am interested in far too much but not decisively in any one thing; all my interests are not subordinated in one but stand on an equal footing.

It is the hallmark of an educated person to remain skeptical of accepted views and to regard even the most popular beliefs as working assumptions.

I would never point a finger at anyone and say, 'They lived their life badly.' I take it as it comes and deal with each situation as it arrives.

Baum (Writer of THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ) was a true educator, and those who read his Oz books are often made what they were not-imaginative , tolerant, alert to wonders, life.

If we live in the Nineteenth Century, why should we not enjoy the advantages which the Nineteenth Century offers? Why should our life be in any respect provincial?

It is necessary not to be Christian to appreciate the beauty and significance of the life of Christ.

I have built my life to pursue the new. I don't have family, don't know many people and I am usually ready to leave within an hour.

My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs.

What I've come to know is that in life, it's not always the questions we ask, but rather our ability to hear the answers that truly enriches our understanding. Never, never stop learning.

As a rule, she didn't like boys very much, but she had to admit, Charlie was actually pretty nice.

There's something about being naïve. Really interesting things come because you don't know what the rules are, what you can and can't do.

Art teaches something we all need to learn, especially about people who are different from ourselves: "To see things the way they truly are, sometimes you have to look more deeply.

The Only Way You Can truly Know yourself, Is to Leave Your World And Experience Others.

If you keep seeing events and others through your existing lens you would miss out on the new possibility. Sometimes, reality!!!

There is nothing so expensive, really, as a big, well-developed, full-bodied preconception.

I love travel, it promotes open-mindedness, and I believe that the interactions you have as you go places and meet people all sharpen the mind.

Imagine life as ... black can become white, and white can become black. But white can remain if you show love and respect.

Unlike world I don't judge the people from their first impression.

Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by.

As long as you believe it is impossible, you will actually never find out if it is possible or not.

True learning involves learning other ways of doing what you can do already.