Quotes About Openness

It is only when we are blinded by a narrow conceptual view of the world that life can seem meaningless.

this world is not what it seems, open our hearts and let them bleed into the open seas, for there is peace".

As mature men and women we should regard our minds as a true democracy where all kinds of ideas and emotions should be given freedom of speech.

As Herman Melville wrote: "see how elastic our stiff prejudices grow when love once comes to bend them.

Wisest is she who knows she does not know.

Communication is the key to any successful relationship. Speak your truth with kindness and respect.

Never be afraid to say what you feel. It's better to let it out than to bottle it up and let it fester.

And I'd tell you that changes nothing about how we should treat him if he came to us for help. We welcome the stranger. That's what we do.

A daydreamer is prepared for most things.

the difference between confusion and 'don't know' is that confusion can only see one way out and that way is blocked, while 'don't know' is open to miracles and insights.

Renew My Strength God of Strength, who calls forth eagles to bend wings in adoration, who sends forth eagles to wing wide in praise, I am in need of your strength. Carry me on your loving wings. Renew my strength. Give me the energy for the going and create in me an openness to future flying. Great God of eagles' hearts, I want to trust that you will bear me up, that you will support me. I look to you to renew my strength just as surely as eagles' wings are wide in the sky.

Love opens us. Pain deepens us. Courage strengthens us. Joy enlightens us. Beauty renews us.

La discusión de mis funciones corporales por parte de una completa extraña no me incomodó. Había en Maya Fritts una naturalidad que yo nunca había visto, y que desde luego era muy distinta del puritanismo de los bogotanos, capaces de pasarse

La discusión de mis funciones corporales por parte de una completa extraña no me incomodó. Había en Maya Fritts una naturalidad que yo nunca había visto, y que desde luego era muy distinta del puritanismo de los bogotanos, capaces de pasarse la vida entera fingiendo que nunca han cagado.

En los espacios de inteligencia colectiva parece triunfar, por el contrario, el principio popperiano de la "revolución permanente", de la falibilidad y la apertura, en cuanto que, como espacios sociales abiertos, asumen en su funcionamiento estos principios: aunque es imposible evitar todo error, se debe ser veraz; no hay ninguna autoridad; cuatro ojos ven más que dos; y el testado crítico de toda propuesta es una necesidad

when everyone is used to being open and honest, then no one will get hurt by such things

Yet when we are in a state of trust, we experience reality with new eyes and we: Reveal more Expect less and over deliver Assume the best of others Look at situations with an open heart Interpret communications through truth and facts Tell the truth Yes people to confront truth

To begin an ethnographic project with a goal, with an object of research and a set of presumptions, is already to stymie the process of discovery; it blocks one's ability to learn something new that exceed the frameworks with which one enters.

If you notice that you have a strong desire to be right, try not venturing an opinion the next time someone else expresses one.

It is our dedication to living with open hearts and our commitment to the day-to-day details of our lives that will transform us.

Graham, with his strong ability to maintain and voice his differences, was the bravest bid she could make to stay tolerant, open to life's diversity, and honest with herself.

I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.

Beszélgessen idegenekkel. Akkor egyre kevesebben lesznek, és a világ is barátságosabbá válik.

we should never grow so old, or change so much, that we cannot find room in our hearts for the wisdom of children's books.