Quotes About Open-mindedness

Maybe we should come to our opinions by using wisdom, logic, evidence, so much of those things that we know we are right and can't be swayed. Then we should hope for an argument against us that makes us think, "I could be wrong", and be willing to listen

We are pragmatists. We don't stick to any ideology. Does it work? Let's try it, and if it does work, fine, let's continue it. If it doesn't work, toss it out, try another one. We are not enamored with any ideology.

It was the first time I had left Singapore to go overseas. I was being exposed to a new world of the hates and loves, the prejudices and biases of different peoples

If I ever get to 100, I'd want to be filled with wonder and wild, adolescent, wide-eyed interest in newness. So let's keep the flame burning. Let's stop thinking everyone over 29, or 49, has to be reinforced by concrete.

You should visit before you pass judgment on a place.

Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean that it's nonsense.

If you don't like peas,it is probably because you have not had them fresh.It is the difference between reading a great book and reading the summary on the back

Some people, however, say that they do not eat eggs because they do no like them. This is suspicious. Eggs are tremendously flexible and can be prepared in a variety of ways, all of which are different experiences in one's mouth. If you say you do not like eggs, it is like saying you do not like books or light or wearing a ball gown. It means you simply have not found the right kind.

You would do well to be less particular. With a library it is easier to hope for serendipity than to look for a precise answer.

one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy

All this bit about angels and all the different religions, it's based on something. I think anything's possible. I believe in everything until it's disproved.

Liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them.

I have learned to respect ideas, wherever they come from. Often they come from clients. Account executives often have big creative ideas, regardless of what some writers think.

Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking...

Only individual opinions are fixed and dogmatic.

Nunca he llegado a tener afinidad ni a sentirme realmente cómodo con personas que no leen o que nunca han leído. Para mí es un requisito esencial. De lo contrario echo en falta algo, amplitud de miras, noción de la historia, una sintonía compartida. Los libros son contraseñas.

If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents. ~ African Proverb

Oh! you are a great deal too apt, you know, to like people in general. You never see fault in any body. All the world are good and agreeable in your eyes. I never heard you speak ill of a human being in my life. I would wish not to be hasty in censuring any one; but I always speak what I think.

But one never does form a just idea of anybody beforehand. One takes up a notion and runs away with it.

Los que no cambian nunca de opinión deben cerciorarse bien antes de juzgar.

Yine de genç bir akl?n önyarg?lar?nda öyle sevimli bir ÅŸey var ki, insan daha yayg?n görüÅŸlerin kabulüne feda edildiklerini görmekten üzüntü duyuyor.

I have courted prepossession and ignorance, and driven reason away, where either were concerned.

And never allow yourself to be blinded by prejudice?