Quotes About Open-mindedness

Unless the hole is MEANT to be square,' I said with a sudden erudition that surprised me, 'in which case, all the round pegs are the ones that are wrong, and if the ROUND hole is one that is not meant to be square, then the square ones will, no, hang on--' 'Shame,' said the historian, 'and you were doing so well.

Prejudice is a product of ignorance that hides behind barriers of tradition

Prejudice is a product of ignorance that hides behind barriers of tradition, Inspector.

We gossip about God in all sorts of ways. When we tell people that they have to wear the right clothes to church, or listen to the right music, or not see certain movies to be a good Christian, we make God petty and small. When we say that He favors one group of people over another, we make God mean and heartless.

Brain righties love open space.

Do not take the side of those already in the right.

Here's what I say - when you don't know or can't know the answer to a question, why not believe the answer you like best? It's as valid as any of the others - and it might be right.

The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home.

The wider we read the freer we become.

Respetad a la infancia y no os deis prisa en juzgarla ni para el bien ni para el mal. Dejad

Mom and Dad liked to make a big point about never surrendering to fear or to prejudice or to the narrow-minded conformist sticks-in-the-mud who tried to tell everyone else what was proper.

The next time someone starts listing all the reasons an idea won't work or can't happen, ask them to give 3 reasons it can.

If you have the opportunity to try different things, you should try different things and step outside your comfort zone and see what works and what doesn't work.

In daily terms, the work of listening is to be constantly worn free of our preconceptions and preferences so that nothing stands in the way of our direct experience of life.

For me, I grew up in a house doing charity work for homeless people, and my parents had a lot of homeless friends. We were always taught to not discriminate and not judge.

It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me, it's a natural thing.

I like to work with artists who are as wide in their musical taste as I am.

well, i don't know about you but I'm going to try everything! War, women, travel, marriage, children, the works. [...]. I want to know about things, what makes them work!

Just because it doesn't work out for you, doesn't mean that it's not wonderful for someone else.

Does that really work, converting someone with a bumper sticker? How weak of a mind do you have to have?

You have to engage with people who are different from you and try to work with their thinking and their mind. That's a real challenge.

I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work.

Whether that's in communications or marketing or strategy, you need people to come in with a fresh perspective.

Sometimes it might be the junior-most player in the team who may come up with a strategy which we hadn't even thought of and we need to bring that to the table.