Quotes About Openness

When we are right, let's try to win people gently and tactfully to our way of thinking, and when we are wrong – and that will be surprisingly often, if we are honest with ourselves – let's admit our mistakes quickly and with enthusiasm. Not only will that technique produce astonishing results; but, believe it or not, it is a lot more fun, under the circumstances, than trying to defend oneself.

Principle 9 - Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.

People are not like Tupperware, with their lids on securely.

I'll give you what I learned from all this," he said. "Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.

Afoot and lighthearted I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?

You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin , or even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things.

Shut not your doors to me proud libraries.

Amikor mellém érsz, idegen, és beszélni kívánsz velem, miért ne beszélnél velem? És miért ne beszélnék veled én?

If we want to be more like Leonardo, we have to be fearless about changing our minds based on new information.

I don't have any skeletons in my closet that can't be allowed out.

My parents were very open with me about that," he recalled.

Instead of trying to produce a programme to simulate the adult mind, why not rather try to produce one which simulates the child's?

Instead of trying to produce a programme to simulate the adult mind, why not rather try to produce one which simulates the child's?" he asked. "If this were then subjected to an appropriate course of education, one would obtain the adult brain.

Conserve la capacidad de asombro de un niño.

Be open to mystery. Not everything needs sharp lines.

But I don't have any skeletons in my closet that can't be allowed out.

Evite los compartimentos estancos.

The more open and unstructured a workplace, he believed, the faster new ideas would be sparked

Embrace uncertainty," the ads read.

May the open hand be filled the fullest.

The best way to reduce opponents' overconfidence and make them open to your position might seem to be an overwhelming argument that shows them why they are wrong and why you are right. Sometimes that works, but only rarely. What usually works better is to ask questions—in particular, to ask opponents for reasons. Questions are often more powerful than assertions.

Be exposed. Be open. Be who you want to be. It will never hurt as much as starving your own humanity of oxygen.

There is nothing stereotyped about God's dealings with His children. Therefore, we must not by our prejudices and preconceptions make watertight compartments for the working out His Spirit, either in our own lives or in the lives of others. We must leave God free to work as He wills and to leave what evidence He pleases of the work He does.