Quotes About Open-mindedness

Imagine about anything instead of assume about it.

Facts are much more malleable than prejudices.

The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.

In parenting and teaching, let this be our aim: Not to make every idea safe for children, but every child safe for ideas.

A good Muslim is not one who is strictest in his judgment, but who is most patient in listening.

In the end we are always rewarded for our good will, our patience, fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange.

We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.

Listening is more important than talking.

People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them.

We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.

Not judging people is the fastest way to peace.

Policy-makers continue to discover that they cannot solve today's problems with yesterday's mindsets

The free world cannot afford to accept any form of extremism, whether it is fascism, racism or religious extremism.

No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

I've tried Buddhism, Scientology, Numerology, Transcendental Meditation, Qabbala, t'ai chi, feng shui and Deepak Chopra but I find straight gin works best.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.

Before you hate something you should try to understand it.

The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration.

Philosophy begins when one learns to doubt -- particularly to doubt one's cherished beliefs, one's dogmas and one's axioms.

I was reading Omar Khayyam, Kahlil Gibran, Rumi, L. Ron Hubbard, all sorts of philosophy. Bebop cats are like that. Curious. I wanted to know about everything.

All the progress we have made in philosophy ... is the result of that methodical skepticism which is the element of human freedom.