Quotes About Open-mindedness

Freethought is respectable. Freethought is crucial. Freethought needs to be publicized.

Religion is not so bad, unless you believe it.

I consider myself a Hindu Christian Moslem Jew Buddhist and Confucian.

To tolerate everything is to teach nothing.

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.

Don't regard yourself as a guardian of freedom unless you respect and preserve the rights of people you disagree with.

The only hope of preserving what is best, lies in the practice of an immense charity, a wide tolerance, a sincere respect for opinions that are not ours.

Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.

All I'm saying is that you should show some respect for what other people see with their eyes and feel with their fingers, even though it be the exact opposite.

Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.

I'm an atheist, but I'm very relaxed about it. I don't preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawkins who do.

The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge.

Respect only has meaning as respect for those with whom I do not agree.

Both tolerance and respect are empty virtues until we actually understand whatever it is we are supposed to be tolerating or respecting.

We need multiculturalism, respect for diversity, tolerance, respect for diverse faiths.

All people deserve respect, but not all ideas do.

To seek visions, to dream dreams, is essential, and it is also essential to try new ways of living, to make room for serious experimentation, to respect the effort even where it fails.

No, I don't believe in God, but I respect the fact that you do. Everyone has to have something to believe in.

One should respect an honest person even if he expresses opinions differing from one's own.

My company survives because I've learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.

My message for people to not take anything for granted, to respect what they might not understand.

I respect a lot of people I don't agree with.