Quotes About Open-mindedness

Err on the side of inclusion, rather than exclusion. Send

No one is a devil if fully heard.

Abandoning the search for the Knowledge would free us to pursue a new sort of science. We could follow any path that the data suggested to us.

I should tell you all with pleasure,' said the General, 'but you would not believe me.' 'Why should I not?' he asked. 'Because', he answered testily, 'you believe in nothing but what consists with your own prejudices and illusions. I remember when I was like you, but I have learned better.

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

I think that the mark of a great book is that it will meet you wherever you're at and you'll feel and experience something new and different each time you read it.

It is only when we are blinded by a narrow conceptual view of the world that life can seem meaningless.

Are you quick to listen? Listening is an expression of humility and genuine concern for others. ... .If we want to truly know and understand other people, we have to care what they feel and think, not arrogantly assume that we already know.

Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them.

As Herman Melville wrote: "see how elastic our stiff prejudices grow when love once comes to bend them.

Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.

Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once to get over the fear of doing it. Twice to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

Es el perpetuo, empequeñecedor coro de quienes han decidido lo que soy antes de darme la oportunidad de ser otra cosa.

Tonterías, niña. Ninguno es gay cuando le acercas la mano al grifo. En su día yo curé a unos cuantos.

En los espacios de inteligencia colectiva parece triunfar, por el contrario, el principio popperiano de la "revolución permanente", de la falibilidad y la apertura, en cuanto que, como espacios sociales abiertos, asumen en su funcionamiento estos principios: aunque es imposible evitar todo error, se debe ser veraz; no hay ninguna autoridad; cuatro ojos ven más que dos; y el testado crítico de toda propuesta es una necesidad

I choose to suppress the initial categories I want to put people in - rich, poor, together, not together, druggie, yuppie, rocker, loser, winner, cool, uncool. I choose to remember that I don't know their struggle or their pain. I choose to err on the side of grace because someday I'll stand before God, and I pray He'll err on the side of grace with me.

It is presumptuous to draw conclusions about a person from what one has heard

And here I thought you were open-minded." "I'm not," she said

When we create conversational rituals that enable us to honor and respect others' views of the world—especially when these views are very different from our own—we create a space for better conversations and for new ideas to emerge.

I think the best part about my dad being gay is that I'm much more open-minded. I feel more at peace and I'm a good listener. I learned so much from (my dad's partner) John. How would I have turned out if this weren't my life?

To cultivate empathy means to see the world through the eyes of another without judgement, without trying to "fix" it, without needing it to be different. It is acceptance independent of agreement, understanding without any implied coercion for oneself or the other to change. There is also no sense of wanting to "educate" the other person about how their perspective is wrong and ours is right.

Don't condemn what another sees as perfection, just because it doesn't fit your ideals. You want that respect from them, so be the first to give it when considering their position." With

They don't have to all be maidens." "Well, that's very liberal of you," Caroline said with a sisterly smirk. "But since I can hardly hand out a questionnaire as regards their experiences in that regard, we'll have to leave it there.