Quotes About Open-mindedness

There is nothing more terrifying than those who are certain that what they believe is undeniably true.

Never a truer word said or thought. Anything was possible.

Judge less–or at least later. • Give new ideas and images a chance. • Understand that everyone has his own truth or her own. • Remember: you are not married to any belief, opinion, or ideology. • Expect to discover something delicious every day. (260)

At the simplest level, only people who know they do not know everything will be curious enough to find things out.

I will not be famous, great. I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one's self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.

Few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning.

Nothing, however, can be more arrogant, though nothing is commoner than to assume that of Gods there is only one, and of religions none but the speaker's.

Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning.

Continuerò ad azzardare, a cambiare, ad aprire la mente e gli occhi, rifiutando di lasciarmi incasellare e stereotipare. Ciò che conta è liberare il proprio io: lasciare che trovi le sue dimensioni, che non abbia vincoli.

I make it a rule to try everything, she said. Don't you think it would be very annoying if you tasted ginger for the first time on your deathbed, and found you never liked anything so much? I should be so exceedingly annoyed that I think I should get well on that account alone.

Nada, porém, pode ser mais arrogante, embora mais comum, do que assumir que de Deuses só existe um, e de religiões nenhuma além da de quem fala.

Humbert, when you get to know me better, you'll find I'm extremely broad-minded.

One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.

We're not gay!Not that there's anything wrong with that.

You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them.

Libertarian is someone who says, 'you can be as liberal or conservative as you want to be, just don't force others to be like you.

No estoy celoso, si es eso lo que piensas. No veo por qué tienes que amar a una sola persona, si en tu corazón hay espacio para dos. No me perteneces. Tan solo me pertenece lo que sientes por mí. Pero tú puedes sentir otras cosas... por otras personas. Los sentimientos son libres y no siguen normas de ninguna clase.

No existen las fronteras para aquellos que se atreven a mirar más allá.

he couldn't believe he was feeling this way now about a woman with purple hair and a rap sheet. About

It is always good to explore the stuff you don't agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didn't know.

Je ne souhaite pas, comme certaines ou certains, juger l'Islam à partir de mon occidentalocentrisme, ni énoncer à partir de mes valeurs personnelles des oukases à prétention universelle; devant certains traitements imposés aux femmes du monde arabe, je ne souhait pas hurler avec les loups. Je veux seulement comprendre.

When people think there's only one right place to stand, they say foolish things like 'You're doing it wrong.' All you have to do is go to the other side and look again at how many ways there are to see the world.

I guess you're referring to Chime Melody?' Froghorn wrinkled his nose, evidently surprised that she was aware of the Chime situation. 'Oh, I'm sorry, no insult intended,' he said, not the merest hint of apology in his voice. Apparently, you're a listener?' 'Sure, I listen,' said Ruby. 'It's important to have an open mind, otherwise one walks around like one knows it all when one is actually a total potato head, no insult intended.

Just because you're into Kate...well, it doesn't necessarily mean you're gay. Although it's okay if you are. But if that's what's worrying you...' Ariel sighed. 'God. It shouldn't be so hard to talk about this stuff. All I'm saying is maybe you're gay and maybe you're not. Maybe you're bi. Or maybe it's totally a Kate thing. Maybe you'd want to be with her whether she was a girl or a boy.' I blinked. I didn't know if what she said made things better or worse.