Quotes About Openness

Knowledge may be power, but not without the willingness, and the release from inhibiting mind-sets, to use that knowledge.

It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity.

If you want to be abundant and rich, you need to have an open mind, a flexible reality

Limiting your options is the same as hanging on to old ideas.

I found myself, as I walked into the open, bright, and cheerful street, in a romantically adventurous state of mind, which pleased me profoundly.

If the self remains in its citadel, anxious to control and heavily defended, it declines in the sources of vitality. To lay the citadel open, however, is to court danger: a danger inseparable from the enhancement of life.

There is really no such thing as a secret; everybody likes to tell, and everybody does tell.

She had long ago learned not to refuse when God brought a need to her attention.

We only hear what we're ready to hear," observed the homeless man sagely. "All learning meets us exactly where we're at. And as we grow greater, we understand better.

you stop judging events as either positive or negative. Rather, simply experience them, celebrate them and learn from them.

However, just like this cup, you seem to be full of your own ideas. And how can any more go in . . . until you first empty your cup?

an organization that has a culture where everyone's afraid to speak candidly is a place where people live amid delusion and fantasy

We only hear what we're ready to hear

Tienes que seguir rompiendo tu corazón hasta que se abra».

There is something special about being in the presence of a person who is genuinely humble. Practicing humility shows that you respect others and reminds us that there is so much for us yet to learn. It sends a signal to those around you that you are open to receiving the gift of their knowledge and listening to what they have to say. The more you are as a person, the less you need to prove yourself to others.

The S in SPARK stands for Speak with Candor.

Solo oímos lo que estamos preparados para oír

Be humble. Live with what the eastern sages called the beginners mind. Remember that everyone who enters your life has a story to tell and a lesson to teach if you have the wisdom to be open to it. Also remember that everyone who comes into your life does so exactly the right time to teach you the lesson you most needed to learn.

Sin embargo, igual que esta taza, tú pareces estar lleno de ideas propias. ¿Cómo van a entrar más, si no vacías primero tu taza?

My many years of conservative legal world, doing the same things every day with the same people who thought the same thoughts every day had filled my cup to the brim. My wife Jenny was always telling me that we should be meeting new people and exploring new things.

Your belief system needs to include the idea that feedback from others should not be feared but desired.

What does it take for you and others to relax? It may be talking over a drink, or meeting at a vacation lodge in some picturesque spot, or dressing less formally during the meeting and calling one another by your first names.

Rather than resisting the other side's criticism, invite it.

When the heart opens, we forget ourselves and the world pours in: this world, and also the invisible world of meaning that sustains everything that was and ever shall be.