Quotes About Openness

I'd just like to see athletes awake. And aware. There's so much going on and so much to know... We stay in our little boxes and don't think much about the outside world.

I've always been outspoken. I've always been honest. I've always said things that maybe other people were afraid to say.

I know being an open, honest, outspoken person gets me into trouble all the time, but I don't know how to be any other way.

Jonathan and I are outspoken. If there's something that's bothering us we just say it, deal with it, and move on.

Whoopie doo guys, yes, I've dated girls and I've dated boys - get over it.

I say yes to everything if I like the overall thing that's being put out there. I'll do anything with David Wain.

I am honest; I speak the truth, and I sometimes probably go overboard and speak my mind.

The world is run on fear and shame. And I don't feel like we can begin to overcome these things until we speak about them openly and stop being scared of what happens as a result.

You're not going to overlook people just because of the awkwardness.

Any time you start judging with an overly critical eye rather than letting things just be, and following what you think is right, it's complicated to find balance.

Fostering an atmosphere that doesn't allow for error simply makes people defensive.

Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour.

In a world where you are constantly asked to be 'committed,' it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a dilettante. Commit to nothing. Try everything.

Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.

You will never be told when the next bit of education is coming or where it's coming from or who the teacher will be. That information will only reveal itself after the fact. All that you can do is leave a little room there for the next lesson to come through. Someone will be carrying it. You just leave the door open a crack.

From the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Jews of Europe began to take on the new role of interpreters of the East. In addition to their own search for identity in the Orient, they were encouraged by Europe's new openness to the East, now that the Muslims were in a state of decline and not threatening

To admit ignorance is the highest knowledge. It is the necessary condition for all learning.

Children, in a very real sense, have beginners' minds, open to wider possibilities. They see the world with fresher eyes, are less burdened with preconception and past experience, and are less guided by what they know to be true. They are more likely to pick up details that adults might discard as irrelevant. Because they're less concerned with being wrong or looking foolish, children often ask questions that adults won't ask.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities," writes Shunryu Suzuki. "In the expert's mind there are few.

When there are too many choices, or the answer does not seem obvious, it seems better to go with the flow; after all, you might miss out on something good.

Interactive management requires open, honest, and tension-free relationships with others. You do this by negotiating relationships and sharing, so that everybody wins.

My gameplan is not to have a gameplan.

do yourself a huge favor: Ditch the fear. Hate less and explore more

Let go of certainty. The opposite isn't uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.