Quotes About Openness

In my poems I could not shut the door to the street.

Soy prisionero con la puerta abierta, con el mundo abierto.

There is only one way to see things, until someone shows us how to look at them with different eyes

How do we become who we are in the world? We ask the world to teach us. But we have to ask with an open heart, with no idea what the answer will be.

The beguiling scope of an infant's mind! adultly considered to be limited to toys and toes. Psychological

Humility is the only lens though which great things can be seen--and once we have seen them, humility is the only posture possible.

You do not learn how to write novels in a writing program. You learn how by leading an interesting life. Open yourself up to all experience. Let life pour through you the way light pours through leaves.

When you open your mind and hands and heart to the knowing of a thing, there is no room in you for fear.

make sure information is shared broadly and problems are uncovered and thoroughly discussed.

Remember what Emerson said: "Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him." And

Well, now, look. I thought otherwise but I may be wrong. I frequently am. And if I am wrong, I want to be put right. Let's examine the facts.

Be agreeable. Ask questions.

es mucho mejor empezar diciendo: "Bien, escuche. Yo pienso de otro modo, pero quizá me equivoque. Me equivoco con tanta frecuencia... Y si me equivoco, quiero corregir mi error. Examinemos los hechos".

Quando estamos errados, podemos admiti-lo. E se lidarem connosco com gentileza e tato, podemos admiti-lo aos outros a até mesmo sentir orgulho pela nossa franqueza e abertura de espírito. Mas não, se for outra pessoa a tentar obrigar-nos a engolir à força um facto desagradável.

Welcome the disagreement. Remember the slogan, "When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary." If there is some point you haven't thought about, be thankful if it is brought to your attention.

How willing were they to share it?

You will never get into trouble by admitting that you may be wrong. That will stop all argument and inspire your opponent to be just as fair and open and broad-minded as you are. It will make him want to admit that he, too, may be wrong.

Todos los hombres que encuentro son superiores a mí en algún sentido; y en tal sentido puedo aprender de todos".

It was said of Emerson that he was always willing to listen to any man, no matter how humble his station, because he felt he could learn something from every man he met.

Kingdom praying and its efficacy is entirely a matter of the innermost heart's being totally open and honest before God. It is a matter of what we are saying with our whole being, moving with resolute intent and clarity of mind into the flow of God's action.

Old ways of doing things cease to be effective, though they may have been very powerful in the past. There arises a very real danger that we will set ourselves in opposition to what God truly is doing now and aims to do in the future.

We want to ask questions and not just make assertions.

Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change, and when we are right, make us easy to live with!

They presume on their justification in being whatever they are—unlike a thought, which by nature is open to challenge and invites the question "Why?