Quotes About Open-mindedness

Though all society is founded on intolerance, all improvement is founded on tolerance.

Don't confuse being 'soft' with seeing the other guy's point of view.

The world is dying for want, not of good preaching, but of good hearing.

It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

El sabio puede cambiar de opinión. El necio, nunca.

Faith doesn't forbid exploration. It's dogma that does. Dogma, by definition, is threatened by questions, while faith welcomes questions because it trusts that God, being magisterial, can handle them. That's a God whose grace can be felt by curious individuals everywhere.

Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

There are many people, many worlds who believe in supernaturalism in one form or another... religion, if you like the word better. We may disagree with them in one way or another, but we are as likely to be wrong in our disbelief as they in their belief. In any case, there is no disgrace in such belief and my questions were not intended as insults.

All right, Schwartz, tackle my mind now. Go as deep as you want. I was born on Baronn in the Sirius Sector. I lived my life in an atmosphere of anti-Terrestrialism in the formative years, so I can't help what flaws and follies lie at the roots of my subconscious. But look on the surface and tell me if, in my adult years, I have not fought bigotry in myself. Not in others; that would be easy. But in myself, and as hard as I could.

Every time I asked a question, that magnificent teacher, instead of giving the answer, showed me how to find it. She taught me to organise my thoughts, to do research, to read and listen, to seek alternatives, to resolve old problems with new solutions, to argue logically. Above all, she taught me not to believe anything blindly, to doubt, and to question even what seemed irrefutably true, such as man's superiority over woman, or one race or social class over another.

The wise man desires nothing; he does not judge, he makes no plans, he keeps his mind open and his

El sabio nada desea, no juzga, no hace planes, mantiene su mente abierta y su corazón en paz»

La fiel mujer nos traía vino y comida a la cama; también preparó una tinaja con agua caliente para que nos laváramos, costumbre peruana que ella me había enseñado. Como todo español de origen, Pedro creía que el baño es peligroso, produce debilitamiento de los pulmones y adelgaza la sangre, pero le aseguré que la gente del Perú se bañaba a diario y nadie tenía los pulmones blandos ni la sangre aguada.

Para ellos, prácticos y tolerantes, la espiritualidad estaba más cerca de la filosofía que de la religión; era una cuestión de ética, jamás de dogma.

Apenas comprendió que en Estados Unidos ella no era blanca, se le pasó el racismo, y su amistad con Tabra barrió sus prejuicios contra artistas y gente de izquierda.

Regardless of what you want to call it, guys need some type of spirituality they can grab onto. If it's Christianity, which is a very structured approach, or if it's something that's a little more open-ended... like, Zen's something you can make yourself a part of. You can interpret it for yourself, like Taoism and stuff like that.

Today, I regularly attend two Buddhist organizations, the Zen Center of Los Angeles and Against the Stream, but I also attend certain Christian functions. I try to cultivate a generous, kind spirit and am open to anything to help get me there.

The great thing about jamming is that you come in with zero preconceptions. Someone might want to play something that suggests something else to you, and the next thing you know you're on a 20-minute adventure.

Just try new things. Don't be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?

As I can testify, living in a foreign country takes you way out of your comfort zone. It's the little things, like ordering food in a different language, buying petrol or learning to drive on the other side of the road, but they all add up to making you a more rounded, educated person.

One thing I found very interesting about comedians around the world was their knowledge of stuff outside of their own culture and comfort zone. That's not very common in the States. We produce our own soft power, which is pop culture, but we rarely try to absorb and learn information from other cultures and countries.

I think it's so important when you're playing a character that you can't judge the person you're playing at all. It's a judgment-free zone. You have to just go for it.

Being surrounded by diverse points of view pushes us beyond our comfort zones. And when people and teams bring multiple perspectives and experiences to the table, the discussions are deeper, the decision-making process is better, and the solutions are stronger.