Quotes About Openness

Let us forget the past - this is the only way to be genuinely surprised.

Americans believed in openness. Democracy thrived on a clash of ideas, a tolerance of viewpoints, and robust debate.

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ~ Joseph Campbell

You can learn to clean out everything that muddies up your perception and stops you from seeing the infinite possibilities of life.

do everything right on the spot—don't put anything unnecessarily into your future. Do it now, so that the future is always wide open.

good' crystallised … breeds arrogance and hostility

How can a hard and fast view of a world that is never hard and fast possibly be accurate?

We cannot. . .begin any real inquiry into Truth, with any assumption or belief whatsoever. We must be willing to see things as they are, rather than as we hope, wish, or expect them to be.

Real Buddhism is not really an "ism." It's a process, an awareness, an openness, a spirit of inquiry—not a belief system, or even (as we normally understand it) a religion. It is more accurate to call it "the teaching of the awakened," or the buddha-dharma. Since the

Plan to the extent that feels right to you at a particular time in your life, but always be open to serendipity.

You're nuts, but you're welcome here.

as much as I had resisted the outside, as much as I had constricted my life, as much as I had closed and narrowed the channels into me, there were still many takers for the quiet heart.

To experiment effectively, you must be willing to change your beliefs based on the results of the experiment

Psychological flexibility is the ability to feel and think with openness, to attend voluntarily to your experience of the present moment, and to move your life in directions that are important to you, building habits that allow you to live life in accordance with your values and aspirations.

Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.

Another cardinal rule of thinking like a child: don't be afraid of the obvious.

Muchos de nuestros descubrimientos pueden no ser de mucha utilidad, incluso puede que no sean concluyentes. Pero eso está bien. Lo que intentamos es iniciar una conversación, no tener la última palabra. Y eso significa que en las páginas que siguen puede encontrar unas cuantas cosas de las que discrepe. De hecho, nos decepcionaría que no las encontrara.

even the smartest people tend to seek out evidence that confirms what they already think, rather than new information that would give them a more robust view of reality.

For until you can admit what you don't yet know, it's virtually impossible to learn what you need to.

Until you can admit what you don't yet know, it's virtually impossible to learn what you need to.

If there is a single maxim that runs through this book's arguments, it is that we are often better served by connecting ideas than we are by protecting them.

A single piece of information designed to flow through the entire ecosystem of news will create more value than a piece of information sealed up in a glass box.

we are often better served by connecting ideas than we are by protecting them.

When nature is in need of new ideas, it strives to connect, not protect.