Quotes About Open-mindedness

Listen twice as much as you talk, since you were born with two ears and one mouth.

O' Great Spirit help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that may be found in silence. —CHEROKEE PRAYER W

Admitting that you do not know something is the first step to learning.

I give everyone a chance to prove themselves before I dismiss them.

I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

Do not always assume the other fellow has intelligence equal to yours. He may have more.

Dn 't get mad at a pard who knows more'n you;

Don't make assumptions.

Do not dismiss what you do not understand

Tüm cevaplar? bulmak gibi beklentisi olmayan sonsuz bir yola koyulmak, belirli bir hedefe doÄŸru yolculuk yapmaktan daha ufuk aç?c? olmuÅŸtur her zaman; çünkü böylelikle önceden belirlenmiÅŸ hedeflerden çok daha tatmin edici yan yollara sapma özgürlüÄŸü kal?r insan?n.

This is great wisdom, not to be hasty in action, or stubborn in our own opinions.

given to thee. If it seemeth to thee that thou knowest many things, and understandest them well, know also that there are many more things which thou knowest

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Beware of the person of one book.

I fear the man of a single book.

You might have thought the colonel would be interested in my experiences of five years' barbarism, but he wasn't. I wasn't long in discovering that it is a rare person in the white world who wants to hear what the other fellow says, all the more so when the other fellow really knows what he is talking about.

The smaller your reality, the more convinced you are that you know everything.

If Jesus Christ were to come today people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he has to say, and make fun of it.

Keep not standing fix'd and rooted, Briskly venture, briskly roam; Head and hand, where'er thou foot it, And stout heart are still at home. In each land the sun does visit We are gay, whate'er betide: To give room for wandering is it That the world was made so wide.

Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.

Minds are like parachutes...they only function when they are open.

I tell my children what I think myself: That religion is not necessarily convincing, but it is still interesting and not to be laughed at or denigrated.