Quotes About Open-mindedness

Setting skepticism aside, even briefly, can make for very interesting explorations. It is not necessary that we change any of our beliefs. It is necessary that we examine them.

Read widely of others' experiences, even if it'd be more comfortable to snuggle back in the comforting cotton-wool of blissful ignorance.

I am proud of the fact there is not a human being that I have got it in for. I never met a man I didn't like.

Dogma, static positions, consonance - all these are obstacles to catching the disease of art, at least in its more complex forms.

A lot of times it's an asset to not know everything about everything... A lot of really great, innovative things have happened when people just didn't know it wasn't supposed to be possible.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for she was born in another time.

In a world of diversity, and cultural differences... there's no such thing as 'common' sense.

Just because you see bad contents in few pages of the bookIt doesn't mean the whole contents in that book are bad too

You fail to see the endless sky when you have a tunnel vision

I don't need their understanding, but my daughter will--and I hope the minds of her peers are wide open with vibrant hues of passion. i hope they paint the world with color.

Never reject an idea because it will create conflict!

Judging others shackles them to the cold iron of our limited notions.

I am a learner, my desire is to be a good listener and to have a teachable spirit in my life time.

It is important that you never place limitations on learning, personal growth, traveling, reading and making a positive difference in your life and others.

We are all the same. God has not chosen one group above another. When we dare to be aware, we will raise our understanding and compassion and see everyone as part of the universal energy of God. We will be free of prejudice and hatred based on someone's color, race, sex, or gender preference. God is not limited. Only humans limit their thinking.

Do you know, I don't object to anyone's having prejudices so long as those prejudices don't interfere with my personal liberty.

Don't judge a book by its cover 'til you've read the book.

One who judges too soon, condemns himself.

To Be different or follow another Way does not meant that our Heart is on the wrong Place.

If we can not Think for ourselves how we want to Judge others?

I have stretched in my spiritual practice to think and pray not only as a Christian, but as a Jew, a Muslim, a Hindu, a Buddhist, a Native American, an atheist, a post-theist. I try on different hats as I light my candle, and while my thoughts might change or my prayers

should. I learned a long time ago to never close my mind to possibilities. Every time I did it made a fool of me.

I don't judge people by their bodies. Even when I was a young girl I liked men for their minds. Now that I'm middle-aged I see how right I was.

they listened to understand rather than to respond.