Quotes About Open-mindedness

In my experience,' he told me, 'if you run away from a thing just because you don't like it you don't know what you find either. Now running to a thing, that's a different matter, but what would you want to run to?

There is no right way to knit; there is no wrong way to knit. So if anybody kindly tells you that what you are doing is "wrong," don't take umbrage; they mean well. Smile submissively, and listen, keeping your disagreement on an entirely mental level. They may be right, in this particular case, and even if not, they may drop off pieces of information which will come in very handy if you file them away carefully in your brain for future reference.

You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.

Who's to say what's better or worse anyway? Who's to even say what's normal or average? We're all different people and we're allowed to be different from on another. If someone ever says you're weird, say thank you. And then curtsy. No, don't curtsy. That might be too weird. Bow. And tip your imaginary hate. That'll show them.

The hefty price for accepting information uncritically is that we go through life unaware that what we've accepted as impossible may in fact be quite possible.

If something is presented as an accepted truth, alternative ways of thinking do not even come up for consideration.

In combating prejudice, then, the issue is not simply how we might teach the majority to be less judgmental, but also how we might all learn to value a "disabled" or "deviant" person's more creative perceptions.

Raven?' Yes?' What do you believe in?' I believe in - finding out!

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

A know-all or know-it-all is a person who behaves as if he or she knows everything. Now listen up, no one knows everything, regardless of world renowned professors and intellectuals. Oh! yes, even you personally you don't know everything and you will never know everything, no matter your level of education or qualification. Thus, disregard whatever you think you know presently and then humble yourself in order to learn something new from someone else or others. ~Emeasoba George

All is fish that comes to the net i.e. there is absolutely nothing in life that can be counted out as completely useless or worthless. In other words, you can and should take advantage of anything that comes your way or rather take advantage of all the opportunities that come your way. ~Emeasoba George

Dare to ask questions whenever you are not clarified. Never feel too wise or too educated to learn something new from someone else or others. For, you don't know it all and you will never know it all. Yes! learning is meant to be a continuous process.

Dare to ask questions whenever you are not clarified. Never feel too wise or too educated to learn something new from someone else or others. For, you don't know it all and you will never know it all. Yes! learning is meant to be a continuous process. -Emeasoba George

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.

Tolerance cannot seduce the young.

Never judge a man without putting yourself in his place." This old proverb makes all judgment impossible, for we judge someone only because, in fact, we cannot put ourselves in his place.

Never judge a man without putting yourself in his place.' This old proverb makes all judgement impossible, for we judge someone only because, in fact, we cannot put ourselves in his place.

Powodem, dla którego kiepscy poeci stajÄ… siÄ™ jeszcze gorsi, jest to, ?e czytujÄ… wyÅ'Ä…cznie innych poetów (tak jak marni filozofowie czytajÄ… tylko filozofów), podczas gdy o wiele wiÄ™kszy po?ytek wyciÄ…gnÄ™liby z jakieÅ› ksi??ki o botanice czy geologii. Wzbogacamy siÄ™ jedynie, obcujÄ…c z dyscyplinami odlegÅ'ymi od wÅ'asnej. Tyczy siÄ™ to zresztÄ…, co oczywiste, tylko dziedzin w których panoszy siÄ™ Ja.

The willingness to keep learning is, I think, the most important thing about trying to be good at anything. You never want to stop learning.

As long as one remains curious, one makes progress; it is when you think you know everything that you are actually out of date.

Io non credo che in Maometto, e anche quando mi pare e piace.

They who listen to only one bell hear only one sound.

Tutto sommato trovo stimolanti le emozioni che si provano quando si viene a contatto con modi di pensare diversi dai nostri, ho l'impressione che le mie vedute si amplino.

I like people who are always doing things that would never have occurred to me at that moment.