Quotes About Openness

You will find friends in unexpected places. Listen to what midnight tells you.

vulnerable.

She'll listen when she's ready to hear

I am rediscovering the whole sexual dimension of life at the age of 86, really. And that also means discovering the feminine. So the whole of this dimension, which I had been seeking for a very long time, is now sort of opening itself up to me.

It is no longer a question of a Christian going about to convert others to the faith, but of each one being ready to listen to the other and so to grow together in mutual understanding.

It is not about learning to like this or that vegetable; but developing an overall attitude to eating that is more open to variety and less governed by the simple sugar-salt-fat palate of junk food.

Like children, many of us eat what we like and we only like what we know.

Wherever you start, the first step to eating better is to recognise that our tastes and habits are not fixed but changeable.

Likes and dislikes cannot be reduced to molecules and genes. It means that our food habits are not final and fixed but adaptable and open, if only we will give ourselves half a chance. We did not come into the world disliking bitter greens; we were taught to dislike them by our environment. Taste may be identity but it is not destiny. The hope is that while we are stuck with our genes, the environment is something that can change.

Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.

I love you, and I don't expect you to tell me that back tonight. But I hope you'll continue to open yourself up to the possibility of us. I promised to always love you, and I'll do whatever it takes to be with you. And when I do, I'm praying that the only 'Dear Trent' note you'll want to write in the future will be to tell me how much you love me. Just as much as I love you.

Looking for the good in people is never stupid.

Good at his job, I guessed, but probably not at ease with things that fall outside his comfort zone. He was going to love us.

The most arduous part of learning is preparing the mind to accept new knowledge.

Everything about the presentation--the openness, the involvement of the community, the methodical plan laid out for implementing the idea--was exactly what Ting considered science done right. Science in secret as dangerous, difficult to regulate, and people who relished secrecy usually had something to hide.

however, I thought we might be thinking too narrowly.

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

There is no wisdom like frankness.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

When we give up our images of self-importance and our ideas of what should be, we can help things become what they need to be.

When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the uncared block: life is fun.

When you disregard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life if Fun.

You'd be surprised how many people violate this simple principle every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into round holes, ignoring the clear reality that Things Are As They Are.

Open your heart, open your mind, and let the Spirit work with you in quiet moments.