Quotes About Open-mindedness

God save me from him who studies but one book.

If you want to be creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characterizes children before they are deformed by adult society.

We are each burdened with prejudice; against the poor or the rich, the smart or the slow, the gaunt or the obese. It is natural to develop prejudices. It is noble to rise above them.

I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed I know it. I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being — that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Sometime perhaps you will learn that prejudice often blinds people to some of the rarest things in life. I often wonder if we don't miss out that way in trying to learn about God and things of the other world.

Yet the real issue is not the danger of religion per se, but of dogmatic thinking.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Never let schooling interfere with education.

Actually, now I no longer think of myself as American. Rather, I now think of myself as an American who is living globally. A global citizen. A citizen of the world. It makes me feel as if my perspective has broadened. It is much more expansive and inclusive.

Belief, as the sagacious Robert Anton Wilson once remarked, "is the death of intelligence".

He considered. "When you come into a situation, don't want anything. Don't want approval. Don't want to scare people. Don't want anyone to like you. Don't need to prove anything to them or make them angry. Then you can see what's really happening.

Wed like to agree with you. He glanced at Arthur. We cant, however, Arthur said. For the moment, then, amicable disagreement and open minds.

To flourish in this turbulent and tricky world, a strong, agile, curious mind is an essential.

And I certainly wouldn't demonize an entire people on the basis of 3 blurry photos and a few paintings

You show me ten men who cherish some religious doctrine or political ideology, and I'll show you nine men whose minds are utterly impervious to any factual evidence which contradicts their beliefs, and who regard the producer of such evidence as a criminal who ought to be suppressed.

Resist telling people how something should be done. Instead, tell them what needs to be done. They will often surprise you with creative solutions.

Shallow ideas can be assimilated; ideas that require people to reorganize their picture of the world provoke hostility.

He had the cast of mind that often produces cranks and misfits: a willingness, even eagerness, to consider silly ideas and plunge down wrong alleys.

Having an open mind. You don't have to be who you are when you can't help it.

Without knowing every single detail in a person's life, we cannot judge whether they are a good person or not!

Life...... Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth, overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable.

It's ok to live a life that others don't understand.

It isn't always a change of scenery needed to make life better. Sometimes it simply requires opening your eyes.