Quotes About Openness

To leave a door shut that might be open is in my eyes some form of blasphemy.

it is a thousand pities never to say what one feels

Cleverness was silly. One must say simply what one felt.

Because it is a thousand pities never to say what one feels, he thought...

Because it is a thousand pities to never say what one feels

Si doveva avere la tempra di una testa calda per dire a se stesse, Oh, ma non possono comprare anche la letteratura. La letteratura è aperta a tutti. Non ti riconosco l'autorità, anche se sei il guardiano, di scacciarmi dal prato. Chiudete pure a chiave le vostre biblioteche se volete, ma non c'è cancello, serratura o chiavistello che possiate mettere alla libertà della mia mente.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

You who conceal your strongest feelings must think me a shameless little idiot for throwing open my poor bruised heart like this.

Not assuming you already know is a powerful principle of focus.

Open your heart, and life will provide unlimited abundance.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and no intention of arriving.

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.

One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.

The biggest thing you have to be in life is willing

The only exception I've found to this principle is in the recovery movement, where small groups seem to be an effective evangelistic side door into the church all across the nation. I think it's because, having hit bottom, these folks have an openness to try anything, including a small group. The concerns that give pause to the average American are overcome by their desperation and desire for sobriety. And once they find sobriety, they often end up finding the Lord as well.

As children, when we are under the age of five, we tend to believe everything exists. We are open to all possibilities. For whatever reason, children, as well as older people and those who are nearing the time to pass on from this world, seem to be able to see and communicate with spirits or beings from the other side of life. I have

simply another child or adult. As children, we are not shy about telling our parents and those close to us about these experiences. Children are generally quite open, and don't fear being made fun of by their peers. Then, as we start school and get older, we find out people are not so open to hearing about psychic experiences. So we start to shut down and not talk openly about the experiences, for fear of being laughed at or labeled.

It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set.

He could not breathe freely unless the land spread open in front of him. There were no awkward questions, no uncomfortable demands here, only the sky and the soil and the steady beat of hooves and heart in tandem.

I was born upon the prairie, where the wind blew free, and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures, and where everything drew a free breath.

America is all about live and let live.

A veces odiamos lo que es diferente a nosotros. Pero muy amenudo se debe a que tenemos miedo de lo que no comocemos, de lo que es distinto. Y es porque, en el fondo... tememos que nos guste." Gerde

Cali pensaba que las personas eran como los portales: una ventana abierta a lugares lejanos. Por eso, cuanto más se diferenciaban de ella, tanto más le intrigaban e interesaban. Por todo lo que podían contarle. Por lo mucho que podían ampliar su visión del mundo.

A veces odiamos lo que es diferente a nosotros. Pero muy a menudo se debe a que tenemos miedo de lo que no conocemos, de lo que es distinto. Y es porque, en el fondo... tememos que nos guste.