Quotes About Openness

lead me to cast away my thoughts of what I think I know, and make me kneel before Thee in true teachableness and poverty of spirit.

We are deaf to what life brings us.

You don't have to know everything in the world. We aren't supposed to. It makes you boring in mixed company if you can't be interested and ask questions of other people.

She was sad about what happened to Kostos. And someplace under that, she was sad that people like Bee and Kostos, who had lost everything, were still open to love, and she, who'd lost nothing, was not.

You just have to let people love you in the way they can

Please believe him. Keep your heart open to him. He can make you happy. He has always loved you, and you once loved him with all your heart.

when life gives you lemons, say, yeah I like lemons, what else ya got?

Tibby was shaking her head. What? Bailey asked. Nothing. Just that you suprise me every day, Tibby said. Bailey smiled at her. I like that you let yourself be suprised.

It's always nervewracking to put yourself out there. But it's the root of joy.

I like that you let yourself be surprised

The weather turned. Her skin seemed to grow a million extra pores, and all of them opened to take in the warmth and tenderness of the air. The sun on her face made her want to cry. Into all those millions of open pores came the sunshine, and other feelings as well. In and out. She was porous.

She was so much softer then, so much more willing to fall in love, or believe she was.

Era triste per quello che era successo a Kostos. E da qualche parte era triste perché gente come Bee e Kostos, che avevano perso tutto, erano ancora aperti all'amore, e lei che non aveva perso nulla non lo era.

the hugeness of the world was a pool to dive into, not somewhere to drown.

As long as a person maintains that his beliefs represent an actual state of the world (visible or invisible; spiritual or mundane), he must believe that his beliefs are a consequence of the way the world is. This, by definition, leaves him vulnerable to new evidence.

I still find that a willingness to be honest—especially about things that one might be expected to conceal—often leads to much more gratifying exchanges with other human beings.

My view is that no idea is above scrutiny, and no people are beneath dignity.

Cuando decimos la verdad, no tenemos nada a lo que seguir el rastro.

In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings.

A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity

APERT  (APE'RT)   adj.[apertus, Lat.]Open.

When it's raining pudding, hold up your bowl.

It was a universal welcome—Make yourself at home; Mi casa es su casa; Ahlan wa-sahlan; Baruch habah

When we decide to see things one way we are often incapable of seeing them any other way.