Quotes About Open-mindedness

Ignorance is not bad faith. But persistence in ignorance is.

Kids that age are very accepting. If we could just get them to keep that attitude, it might be a kinder world.

If you want to understand something, you first need to accept the fact of your own ignorance. And then, you need to talk to people who know more than you do, people who have not just thought about the facts, but lived them.

When you think you're right, you're most likely wrong.

If you don't know there's an alternative, you can't miss it

Just because something is different does not mean it should not be respected.

I tell them that there is nothing more selfish than trying to change someone's mind because they don't think like you. Just because something is different does not mean it should not be respected.

I certainly don't disparage someone whose attitude towards their work is utterly different from mine - that's up to them.

I change my mind so much I need two boyfriends and a girlfriend.

I'd like to see things your way, but I'm not sure if I can stick my head that far up my ass.

I despise it when people think so ignorantly. Being in a gay relationship is not wrong!

How can you label someone before you even had a chance to meet and get to know that person?

To be positive is to evaluate an approach from different angles.

In a way being stubborn can be a good thing but most times it's a bad thing cuz it will hinder you from moving on in life.

Its OK to be weird. And maybe your weird is my normal. Whos to say? I think its an attitude.

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

The self-righteous rule out the possibility that they are what has gone wrong.

Stop being so sure that you are always right, and others wrong. Don't trust your own opinion, when you find it contrary to that of older men, and especially to that of your own parents. Age gives experience, and therefore deserves respect.

Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don't worship it. Feed it.

To see what we cannot see we must break through the beliefs that limit our sight.

Try a thing you havent done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

Never judge someone by the opinion of others.

The ignorant will cling stubbornly to their beliefs. That's why its best to give people the benefit of the doubt and not argue with others.

So long as you do no harm to another, change your opinion once in a while. Contradict yourself without being embarrassed. This is your right. It doesn't matter what others think because that's what they will think, in any case.