Quotes About Openness

Mindenkinek szüksége van arra, hogy nyíltan beszélhessen valakivel – mondta az asszony. – AzelÅ'tt ott volt a vallás meg a többi értelmetlenség, most meg mindenkinek szüksége van valakire, akinek mindent Å'szintén bevallhat, mert különben akármilyen értékes ember, magányossá lesz.

As we listen, truly hearing, our understanding of the world changes from a self-centered focus to an other-oriented openness—we come to understand how we are connected

The essence of tolerance lies in its openness to difference.

If you find yourself living in a world where there is only cynicism, negativity, and distrust, you need to realize that it's a world of your own making. There is a more beautiful world out there to be known, but you have to be able to see it. You have to want it. You must be willing to risk, to step outside of what you know, to live in a more extraordinary unknown.

Where there is nothing left to hide, there is nothing left to seek.

Proust, "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." Adele recalls a moment when she experienced

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

Sexual honesty isn't just about divulging the details of your infidelities. It's about communicating with your partner in an open and mature way—revealing core aspects of yourself through your sexuality.

Grace is the ability to accept change. Be open and supple; the brittle break.

Don't give anybody up. . . or leave anybody out. . . . There's room for everything, and time for everybody, if you take your day the way it comes along and try not to be much later than you can help.--Spoken by Jack to Gloria

You won't benefit from diverse perspectives if you aren't open to utilizing differences.

As Mother Teresa told her during her visit to Rome this year: "To heal other people you have to suffer yourself." Diana nodded vigorously in agreement. While she struggles to find an acceptable equilibrium in her life, she acknowledges the progress she has made. She says: "I've opened up. My life is changing. This is only the beginning.

as a manager in such a workplace, you need to develop a higher tolerance for disorder.

Of course, you can't spend all of your time listening to random inputs. But you should be open to them. As you keep doing it, you will develop a feel for whose views are apt to contain gems of information and a sense of who will take advantage of your openness to clutter you with noise. Over time, then, you can adjust your receptivity accordingly.

The first stage should be free discussion, in which all points of view and all aspects of an issue are openly welcomed and debated. The greater the disagreement and controversy, the more important becomes the word free.

Fight like you're right, listen like you're wrong.

One of the primary reasons we don't seek counsel from the wise people around us is that we already know what we are going to hear--and we just don't want to hear it.

It is next to impossible to hear the voice of wisdom if we are not really listening for it to begin with. The best counsel in the world is wasted counsel if our minds are already made up.

One of our pastors, John Hambrick, has a saying that we've adopted organization-wide. He says, "We walk toward the messes." In other words, we don't feel compelled to sort everything or everyone out ahead of time. We are not going to spend countless hours creating policies for every eventuality.

One of the primary reasons we don't seek counsel from the wise people around us is that we already know what we are going to hear—and we just don't want to hear it.

As followers of Jesus, we should be known as people who like people who are nothing like us.

A leader is someone who has the courage to say publicly what everybody else is whispering privately.

most of us want to be proven right more than we want to know what's true. We aren't on truth quests. We're on confirmation quests.

Leaders who don't listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.