Quotes About Open-mindedness

Beware of a man of one book.

When asked what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common Ø› I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence

Viajar es imprescindible y la sed de viaje, un síntoma neto de inteligencia.

What is the first business of philosophy? To part with self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows.

What is the first business of one who practices philosophy To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned find themselves equipped to live in a world which no longer exists.

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

In a world of change, the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned shall find themselves perfectly suited for a world that no longer exists.

Every culture and era flatters itself that we are finally seeing what previous eras and cultures could not see because of their own blinders and ideological lenses. To admit that we are in some sense no different from tenth-century peasants is unacceptable to most of us. It may be offensive. To accept it may take real courage.

For me, the heart of a humanistic education is the effort to understand what we don't agree with, and yes, understanding makes it harder to sustain a distance from others, even if I continue to disagree.

It's not all that important that you be able to originate brilliant ideas... The more important talent is to be able to recognize good ideas from other people.

The positive thing about the skeptic is that he considers everything possible!

I shall not quarrel with another man's road to salvation if he will allow me to wander along mine.

By finding out the things we don't know, we reassess our innate convictions and master our mind-set. As we take time to review the issues in a balanced way, we can restfully remain mindful. ("Looking for the unexpected" )

Only a person with convictions has a genuine possibility to be tolerant. He who accepts no absolute values but clings to polite doubt cannot be tolerant but merely indifferent. He is morally defenseless in the face of evil.

Para ser felices debemos deshacernos de nuestros prejuicios, poseer virtudes, gozar de una buena salud, tener inclinaciones y pasiones, porque pobres de aquellos que pierden la capacidad de tener ilusiones.

If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about?

The main way that anyone learns to like new foods is through repeated exposure.

It's a truism that we know what we like and we like what we know. If you ask young children which foods they most detest, they tend to be the ones they have never actually tasted, often vegetables.

I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they can only read blacks, or white students behave as though they can only identify with a white writer.

Sophie was neither a virgin nor a prude, despite what people might otherwise assume about librarians. On the contrary, if people knew just how well-read she was on the subject of sex, they would likely be shocked. Especially Jake.

Americans, who intellectually knew the rest of the world existed but didn't really believe it.