Quotes About Openness

There should be no obstacles to accessing knowledge.

For me, it's always been so obvious that the less we can edit our lives and more we show how normal we all are, the better.

I'm someone who likes to acknowledge the obvious and not feel like we must do or say things because it's what we're supposed to do.

I'll continue to see things as a child. It's not so far to fall.

Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens

Like this cup, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you wisdom unless you first empty your cup?

1. A Cup of Tea Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), recieved a university professor who came to inqure about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring. The professor watched the overflow until he could no longer restrain himself. It is overfull. No more will go in! Like this cup, Nan-in said, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your up?

Debe abrirse a la muerte y a la nostalgia del limbo,del mundo animal. Debe abrirse a la muerte si quiere abrirse a la vida; entonces será como los ángeles¨.

I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.

We go through life discovering the truth about who we are and determining who has earned the right to share the space within our heart. And now I simply want to share what I've been given. I want to continue to encourage as many people as I can to open their hearts to life, because if I know anything for sure, it's that opening my heart is what has brought me the greatest success and joy.

Begin to notice what you have in your life that you are grateful for and when you look at life through the lens of gratitude, you don't see as many obstacles or hindrances. You see potential, you see possibilities. Then you become an open vehicle for more inspiration, more wisdom, more guidance, coming from the spiritual part of your being. — Michael Bernard Beckwith

Finding what naturally soothes you not only regulates your heart and mind, it helps you stay open to the goodness in you and in the world.

Everything that happened to you can be used to strengthen you, if you allow it, if you're open to it.

You must feed your mind with reading material, thoughts, and ideas that open you to new possibilities

She looked out the window; in her eyes was the light that you see only in children arriving at a new place, or in young people still open to new influences, still curious about the world because they have not yet been scarred by life.

Masumiyet Müzesi, Ä°stanbul'da öpüÅŸecek bir yer bulamayan â??klara sonsuza kadar aç?k kalacakt?r.

Yeni bir mekana, bir eve ilk defa gelmiÅŸ çocuklar?n, hayat?n sillesini daha yemediÄŸi için hala her ÅŸeye kar?? merakl? ve aç?k kalabilen genç insanlar?n yapabildiÄŸi gibi pencereden d??ar?ya ilgiyle bakt?.

Em seus olhos havia a luz que só se vê em crianças que chegam a um lugar novo, ou nos jovens ainda abertos a novas influências, ainda curiosos quanto ao mundo porque ainda não foram calejados pela vida.

Ben sana ÅŸundan söz ediyorum: Biraz esnek ol! Ya hep ya hiç görüÅŸünü deÄŸiÅŸtir. Hayat?n hep küçük uzlaÅŸmalar olduÄŸunu anla. Aile ve dükkan? BaÅŸka bir ÅŸey yok mu? BaÅŸka bir ÅŸey yoksa hayat çok dar, s?k?c? ve zevksiz demektir. Bu görüÅŸünü deÄŸiÅŸtir. Biraz daha aç?l.

Open eyes will discover opportunities everywhere; open ears will never fail to detect the cries of those who are perishing for assistance; open hearts will never want for worthy objects upon which to bestow their gifts; open hands will never lack for noble work to do.

In order to learn, one must change one's mind.

Anything can become a children's book if you give it to a child...Children are actually the best (and worst) audience for literature because they have no patience with pretence.

Little children gladly accept even the strangest stories that others tell them, because they lack either the context or the confidence to doubt. They go along because they don't know how to be alone, either physically or intellectually.

Oh, people get used to so many things, said Vadesh, if only they give them selves a chance.