Quotes About Open-mindedness

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for men subscribing to every sort of idea that is currently prevalent

There are various, nay, incredible faiths; why should we be alarmed at any of them? What man believes, God believes.

The man who will neither play nor do business unless everything is just to his liking and notions, retards rather than contributes to progress.

Make not thyself the judge of any man.

God is liberal of color; so should man be.

I'm like Will Rogers, I never met a man I didn't like... well, Eichmann maybe.

To take a dislike to a young man, only because he appeared to be of a different disposition from himself, was unworthy the real liberality of mind

I like to enjoy life, I like to engage in life, so I would say I'm a yes man.

A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples.

You may very well fall in love with somebody who makes less money, who's younger than you, who weighs less than you.

Don't stifle your career by limiting you knowledge.

As your mother tells you, and my mother certainly told me, it is important, she always used to say, always to try new things.

My mother was a regular church-goer and was very tolerant.

My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of "crackpot" than the stigma of conformity.

Life is only limited by our prejudices. Destroy them, and you cease to be at the mercy of yourself.

When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you often learn something.

Believe in yourself, not only in swimming, but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have to have an open mind. If you're not enjoying it, don't do it. Life's too short.

Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.

If we had no bias, if we had no preconceptions, what kind of forms could we design?

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime.

I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor....'

Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.