Quotes About Open-mindedness

Half the ideas in this book are probably wrong.

None so blind as those that will not see.

Not every person with their eyes closed is asleep, and not every person with their eyes open can see.

Be gentle with the people who cross your path. If someone is grumpy or rude, if someone makes a mistake or does something wrong, give her the benefit of the doubt. You never know what she is carrying around inside.

The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the root of all the evil that is in the world

Never take long-range plans seriously. Use them for general guidance as long as they seem to be taking you where you want to go, but whatever you do, don't get stuck with them. Throw them in the trash heap as soon as something better comes along.

Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.

Ti si prakti?an, prilagodljiv, sposoban za život. Tebe ne mu?e kompleksi, nemaš predrasuda. Tvoja noga sigurno gazi zemljom. Ne osvr?eš se, ne kolebaš, ne živiš od sje?anja, zadovoljno gledaš iza sebe, vedro ispred sebe, svijet je tvoj, ime ti je stabilnost.

Just remember, my dear, not to judge so harshly. There are two sides to every story.

You can't fight tribalism with a tribe. All you can do is read and think and listen. And if you're lucky, eventually will come that rousing, fleeting moment when you hear someone say the thing that makes you feel less alone.

A camel that always moves with the camel caravan cannot discover the beauties of the unknown oases!

A student who considers everybody and everything as a teacher will eventually be the teacher of the teachers!

All cultures have things to learn from all other cultures. Don't get stuck in your culture! Go beyond it! Get out of your aquarium; get out of your farm; get out of your castle; break your bell jar! Give chance to other cultures and to other opinions! This is the best way for you to see the insufficiencies, absurdities and stupidities in your culture!

Before claiming that your own country have the best mountain or have the most wonderful forest or have the prettiest temple, first travel around the world!

Do not boast because you have beliefs; don't forget that hundreds of absurd beliefs in the history are totally disappeared!

Do not hold an idea tightly! There is always a possibility that what you believe might be wrong! Hold your ideas loosely so that you can easily get rid of them once you have realised that they are wrong!

For a great master, everyone is a master, because he learns from everyone! For a great master, everything is a master, because he learns from everything!

Here is a good principle: If need be, give up your principles!

Only the clever men can be flexible; others are condemned to remain as rigid!

Put no limit to your thinking or you can never go far and never find the truth!

Read universally; think universally; live universally!

Standing upright is not a talent because a brainless wooden beam can stand upright too! The important thing is to be flexible!

Those that can't change even their toothbrush and pyjamas are trying to change the world! Let us be serious!

To enlighten people by reminding them the irrationality of their beliefs is an act more honest and more important than the act of praising and respecting people's beliefs!