Quotes About Open-mindedness

When somebody holds a view that seems to make no sense, know that it makes sense to them, but for reasons you don't know anything about yet. And I guess in a lot of cases, you never will.

Just because I don't think normally doesn't mean I don't know normal thinking when I hear it.

When somebody holds a view that seems to make no sense, know that it makes sense to them, but for reasons you don't know anything about yet.

As long as I live, I'm never going to do what they're doing. I made myself a promise. And now I'm making the promise to you. I'm never going to judge somebody I don't know. And if somebody is accused of something in the newspaper or on TV, I'm going to remember that maybe he did it or maybe he didn't. I wasn't there, so I don't know.

You know, in Fairyland-Above they said that the underworld was full of devils and dragons. But it isn't so at all! Folk are just folk, wherever you go, and it's only a nasty sort of person who thinks a body's a devil just because they come from another country and have different notions. It's wild and quick and bold down here, but I like wild things and quick things and bold things, too.

I shall not be afraid of anything I haven't even seen yet. If Fairyland-Below is a terrible place, well, I shall feel sorry for it. But it might be a wonderful place! Just because the wild striped cats don't know what diamonds are doesn't mean they're vicious; it just means they have wildcat sorts of wants and wealth and ways of thinking, and perhaps I could learn them and be a little wilder and cattier and stripier myself.

That's the only way to look at things, I always say," propounded the Duke. "Slantways, sideways, and upside down.

September smiled at her wonderful friends in all their colors and bright eyes and gentle ways. "You know, in Fairyland-Above they said that the underworld was full of devils and dragons. But it isn't so at all! Folk are just folk, wherever you go, and it's only a nasty sort of person who thinks a body's a devil just because they come from another country and have different notions.

There's no fun in arguing if you never get shown up. Who plays a game if there's no chance they'll lose? I do so crave to be proven wrong. It is as sweet as proving yourself right, when done properly. The trouble is, most people only argue with their friends and their family, which a real sportsman knows is no way to practice. If no one you know can prove you wrong, you're in peril and that's the truth.

But which one is right? The real gods? The truth?' I asked. Balthazar smiled gently, as if speaking to a very slow child. 'That is not for us to judge. Each of us believes what seems true enough to him, and allows others the same luxury. Who can know what happened in the dim dawn of the world? We can barely decide what to have for breakfast without a theological debate - the Nurian law is polite disagreement. We do our best with how the world appears to our own eyes.

You can't blame a book for its story.

There's no fun in arguing if you never get shown up. Who plays a game it there's no chance they'll lose? I do so crave to be proven wrong,. It is as sweet as proving yourself right, when done properly.

To understand everything makes one tolerant.

A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.

Forse noi non li educhiamo bene i nostri bambini? – Mica tanto. Primo, non li ha abituate all'idea che dovranno viaggiare tra le stelle; secondo, non insegnate loro che sono cittadini dell'universo; terzo, non insegnate loro che la parola nemico, fuori dalla terra, non esiste.

Secondo te qual è la qualità più importante per una persona? -Il senso dell'umorismo. Se hai il senso dell'umorismo-non l'ironia, o il sarcasmo, che sono un'altra cosa- non ti prendi sul serio. E allora non puoi essere cattivo, non puoi essere stupido o non puoi essere volgare. Se ci pensi comprende quasi tutto.

the Book of Eights does not espouse a religious doctrine that exists in opposition to other doctrines. Nor does it put forth a teaching that is meant to be seen as superior to other teachings.

Dogmatism does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought.

Tunnel vision is deadly. We need lateral vision. That is what anthropology can impart: anthro-vision.

She calls these reader moments the quibbles—when she gets stuck in the faulty notion that everything in a book must be grasped. Why should readers be spooked about not knowing all the details in a book about the Philippines yet surge forward with resolve in stories about France?

Forget black and white and try on gray. In hair color, wardrobe or life choices, it may feel more enlivening than you imagine.

antidote to judgment is accepting people the way they are and not imposing our desires and expectations on them. Our

Some people never get farther than where they start from, never find out what else there is, or ask questions, or get answers.

The more you read, the harder it is to condemn.