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Quotes About Openness

Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth
~ Sogyal Rinpoche
Truth is not private property.
~ Saint Augustine
Your truth will increase as you know listen to the truth of others
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
If people want to know the truth, why don't they just come to me and ask?
~ Janet Jackson
Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.
~ Edwin Hubbell Chapin
It feels so good to tell the truth.
~ Foxy Brown
The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give.
~ Kenny Loggins
If the mind is open the individual will soon perceive the preciousness of a truth which initially appeared rather dull to him but now is illumined by the spirit's light.
~ Watchman Nee
An open society calls itself open to improvement. It is based on the recognition that people have divergent views and interests, and that nobody is in possession of the ultimate truth.
~ George Soros
Hear the truth from whomever says it
~ Maimonides
One in whose head is conceit, Think not that he will ever listen to truth.
~ Bill Vaughan
Truth cannot be structured or confined.
~ Bruce Lee
Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru
An enlightened person does not ignore things and does not stick to things, not even to the truth.
~ Shunryu Suzuki
we are, in this country, more open to new ideas. But we are also, it seems to me, more inclined to hail the new as absolute truth - until the next new comes along.
~ Paula Fox
Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.
~ Brene Brown
Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.
~ Harper Lee
The reality is, if you're friends with somebody you should be able to be honest with them, and that honesty should be the biggest magnet to truth.
~ Justin Vernon
The importance of humility. We need the humility to know that truth can be ephemeral, that this can be but one version of the truth.
~ Ken Auletta
Take the armor off, so the arrow of the Truth can penetrate you.
~ Adyashanti
To invite others to live with us is a sign that we aren't afraid, that we have a treasure of truth and of peace to share.
~ Jean Vanier
When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.
~ Eric Hoffer
Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes a sect.
~ Edgar Quinet
Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.
~ Gautama Buddha