Quotes About Open-mindedness

every field of human endeavor, the more visionary the work, the less likely it is to be quickly understood and embraced by lesser minds. For one reason or another, many people just "don't get it.

Que tus intereses sean lo más amplios posibles y que tus reacciones a las cosas y personas sean amistosos y no hostiles: el motor de la felicidad.

Skepticism relieved two terrible diseases that afflicted mankind: anxiety and dogmatism.

The true seekers pursued their goal so single-mindedly, they felt no urge to tamper with the faith of others

I know it's very idealistic and utopian, but I believe we need to just let everyone not be judged in terms of religion, groups or nations or region.

Not many people get argued into thinking differently, but experiences and stories move us, especially when we have the humility to listen and view the world from a different lens, from someone else's eyes.

It's not about putting forth the questions, it's about accepting the answers we ask for.

Raven heard a crunch. "Maddie!" said Raven. "You're not supposed to eat the stone." "Why not?" said Maddie. "It's delightfully crunchy." "How do you even do that?" Raven asked. "I mean, it's a rock." Maddie shrugged. "Sometimes things aren't impossible the first time I try, because I don't know they're impossible yet. I probably couldn't do it again, though.

The point of education is to learn other ways too. Don't just assume that all you know is right. Learn more and then choose.

Josh: Just because you're not looking for something doesn't mean you won't find it. Sean: Well, aren't you quite the fucking fortune cookie.

Don't judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.

I think we broaden our minds and our experiences if we can learn to embrace things that at one point filled us with revulsion.

Thus, the benefit of travel and open-mindedness: one can find one's own tribe.

those students who are exposed to many different experiences and beliefs learn far more than those who are not.

I keep that photo to remind me to be forgiving and to look into people's souls with an open mind. It isn't the initial judgment that matters, Mike. It's the last one that counts.

Most of the people who reject Christianity know almost nothing of what they are rejecting: those who condemn what they do not understand are, surely, little men.

those who condemn what they do not understand are, surely, little men.

It's overshadowed, the art. We're in a really argumentative, black-and-white-thinking culture right now. There's not a lot of time to take things in.

I strike up conversations all the time and it is very interesting, finding out about things I know nothing about.

Be persistent, and hang on to your vision. And at the same time, be flexible.

I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me.

It is important to expose yourself to ideas you don't agree with from time to time. Attend a political rally of a party you do not like.

Examine everything that you've been taught, not simply what you've been taught in school, but the images that have been held up to you since the time of your birth.

There was a time when I was in this private school and the kids were so conservative and close-minded that it was just appalling.