Quotes About Open-mindedness

Walk with those seeking truth... RUN FROM THOSE WHO THINK THEY'VE FOUND IT.

There is only one way to gain access to the truth and that is to not expect anything.

When you are absolutely, positively sure you know all there is to know about anything, you're as far from the truth as you will ever be.

The truth is true wherever you find it. Remember, sugar is sweet whether you find it in a sugar bowl or a dust pan.

Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.

They will set aside what they have believed about the world, divesting themselves of all preconceptions, all judgments.... They will do it, then they will send their minds out to seek the truth.

She'd never thought of herself quite that way. She was more an idiosyncratic ignorer of established boundaries than a glutton for the new and the uncharted. But perhaps they were one and the same, each one implying the other.

Did you ever find yourself considering matters from the Chinese point of view?' 'It would be strange if I never did, wouldn't it? Everyone should be able to consider matters form someone else's perspective.

I'm fascinated with all kinds of religion, but I'm not committed to any specific one.

Why do you trust that boy?" I would overhear them asking. His answer was always the same. "Three reasons," he would say. "He doesn't lie. He doesn't say bad things about other people. And when he knocks on my door, he usually has a new idea.

A narrow mind and a big mouth usually lead to pointless arguments.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's mind there are few.

In your big mind, everything has the same value...In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing the same respect given to a Buddha. Here there is Buddhahood

Try not to force your idea on someone, but rather think about it with him. If you feel you have won the discussion, that is the wrong attitude. Try not to win the argument; just listen to it.

Zen practice is to open up our small mind.

Try not to force your idea on someone, but rather think about it with him. If you feel you have won the discussion, that also is the wrong attitude. Try not to win in the argument; just listen to it

If you discriminate too much, you limit yourself.

We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.

Teach the young people how to think, not what to think.

One cannot escape dogmas—those who hold most firmly to dogmas today are those whose only dogma is that dogmas should be feared like the plague.

Any institution faces two basic choices if they hope to spark new ideas. One is to leverage the brains trust within their organization by creating a special event dedicated to new thinking. The other is to look outside themselves to stimulate solutions.

Keep your mind too open, and you never know what might walk in.

You're right, I haven't walked in your shoes. But you haven't walked in mine, either.

A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing.