Quotes About Open-mindedness

Don't fall into the trap of believing so deeply in your own ideology that you cannot even see the flaws in it.

We learn from difference, not from sameness.

read Plato or Shakespeare or Dante as if we found their books in the street and had no idea who they were. I

We learn most where we know the least. For

The wise understand without judging. The ignorant judge without understanding.

You never learn anything if you're the one talking

There are few things more pathetic than those who have lost their curiosity and sense of adventure, and who no longer care to learn.

Just because two men live together, it doesn't mean it's depravity.

Like most people who knew themselves to be naturally favored with intelligence, his natural ego had led him unconsciously to doubt that there was much, if any, range of intellect beyond his own. But he forced himself to consider now the possibility that there might be as large a range above him as he knew to be below him—and

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god; it neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg"—

And she was always cold toward bats, too, and could not bear them; and yet I think a bat is as friendly a bird as there is.

Did you ever hear anyone say, "That book had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me?"

The liberal spirit... has about it a refreshing common sense... It is even-tempered, and of even tempo...

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world—and never will.

Intellectual courage is the foundation of good judgment. It is a balance between the strength of conviction and flexibility.

I thought I'd try yoga to make myself more flexible — but I'm still incredibly stubborn.

People who can't think of anything else but whether the person you love is convex or concave should be doomed to not think of anything else, and so miss the other ninety-five percent of life.

Todos estamos prontos para pensar que há algo de errado no processo mental de quem discorda de nós.

Those who are too rigid in their beliefs will break rather than bend with fortune's blows.

Never judge anyone by another's opinions. We all have different sides that we show to different people.

And she will be with children who come from a real mix of places and who have moved around a bit. They're used to it. They're all . . . well, I guess they're habituated to being different. Which means they're accustomed to finding out all the things that make them the same as one another, and yet they take their individuality in their stride.

but knew that jumping to such conclusions was unwise, for it closed the mind to other possibilities. One must consider facts as if one has discovered jewels, each gem laid out on a plain surface, a clear mind, and then considered carefully before being arranged in a set.

The researcher should try to rid himself of the predominance of emotions, prejudices and preconceptions. This is a demanding requirement... No man can free himself completely of emotions, prejudices, and preconceptions. Yet, an honest researcher could still try his best before an objective and fair assessment of any issue can be reached.

As you succeed in overcoming self you will begin to see things in their right relations. He who is swayed by any passion, prejudice, like or dislike, adjusts everything to that particular bias, and sees only his own delusions. He who is absolutely free from all passion, prejudice, preference, and partiality, sees himself as he is; sees others as they are; sees all things in their proper proportions and right relations.