Quotes About Openness

Living in an inner state of vulnerability is a powerful practice that opens our hearts, causing us to live in a state of gratitude for our life and life itself.

I have this propensity to just come out and say things. That's how I am in real life.

A very receptive state of mind... not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second's exposure conceives a life in it.

The harder you chase something, the faster you go and the less you're able to let life meet life. If you're having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down.

Walk through life eager and open to self-improvemen t and that which is going to best help you evolve, because that's really why we're here - to evolve as human beings.

I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain!

Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.

I don't have a distaste for ambiguity, in fact, ambiguity is what I think life is all about.

There's more to life than listening to rock music.

I enjoy people who aren't afraid to say what they mean. It makes life so much easier!

If I knocked and waited at every door, who knows what I might miss?

Your life must be an open city, with all sorts of ways to wander in.

Life demands honesty, the ability to face, admit, and express oneself.

A glorious life is filled with companions who have open hearts.

Everything in life is most fundamentally a gift. And you receive it best and you live it best by holding it with very open hands.

Honestly, I'm cool with everyone, and people pick up on that. I'd say, 'I'm not gay, but it's all good.' It's kind of like going to Paris when you don't know the language some Americans get into trouble over there, but I'm just like, 'Sorry, I don't speak French.'

Transcendent generosity is simply a willingness to be open and do whatever is necessary in the moment, without any philosophical or religious rationale. Seeing someone in need, you're willing to share your wealth, your happiness, or your wisdom, and you're also willing to share in the pain of others. Yet when you give, you need to do so with the awareness that your gift will be both appropriate and helpful.

never give up on anyone. Even if you can't help someone now, don't abandon him or her mentally or close the door to your heart. That is the direct word of the Buddha, our ancient revolutionary friend, and if you forget it, you'll hear it again from the mouth of the rebel buddha you're living with right now.

However, whatever your own path is, wherever it takes you, there is one instruction you should protect and always carry with you: never give up on anyone. Even if you can't help someone now, don't abandon him or her mentally or close the door to your heart. That is the direct word of the Buddha, our ancient revolutionary friend, and if you forget it, you'll hear it again from the mouth of the rebel buddha you're living with right now.

I wanted so much for us: a life free of constriction and prejudice. A life free to love and be loved.

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.

I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made.

may my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living whatever they sing is better than to know and if men should not hear them men are old may my mind stroll about hungry and fearless and thirsty and supple and even if it's sunday may i be wrong for whenever men are right they are not young and may myself do nothing usefully and love yourself so more than truly there's never been quite such a fool who could fail pulling all the sky over him with one smile

Their assemblies had taught the Athenians how to discuss all matters openly, with arguments for and against. This was good training in learning how to think.