Quotes About Openness

Tener fe es estar abierto a las posibilidades. Significa que estamos dispuestos a dejar que la vida nos sorprenda, que nos atrevemos a entrar en lo desconocido y a dejar de tenerle miedo a lo que nos parece incierto. Quien tiene fe tiene el corazón siempre abierto.

Vuelve a ser el Niño inocente de Dios que eres. Estate abierto a los milagros.

Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.

The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.

Lucy, you're as transparent as a pane of glass, and there's not a speck of guile to be seen in you. Yet in a way you're a mystery to me.

The ability of a free and independent press to hold political leaders accountable is what makes open government possible—it is the heartbeat of democracy. Trump is intent on stilling, or slowing down, that heartbeat. This is a gift to dictators, and coming from a chief executive of the United States, cause for shame.

Explore the world with an open mind, a sturdy carry-on, and clothes that don't wrinkle!

because I knew nothing, nothing was beneath me.

Prayer is such an intimate act, a place of vulnerability. It is, hopefully, when we are our least guarded, our most honest selves. And this is good, of course; this is as it ought to be. When we come to God, we certainly want to come as honestly and openly as we can; we want to be our truest selves before him. Prayer lets us be in a place of need.

Wildness, open spaces, and animals living in utter freedom are all good for our humanity. Sometimes we need geography to usher soul into spaciousness, lightheartedness.

The spirit of our day is a soft acceptance of everything—except deep conviction in anything.

want to ride to the ridge where the west commences I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences Don't fence me in. Cole Porter

Don't let your experience of God up to this point limit what you might enjoy with him in the coming years.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth in an open market, is a nation that is afraid of its people.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

The very word Secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society.

No religion is the only religion, no church the true church.

If you feel something deeply, you're not ashamed to show your feeling.

Come clean Charles, come clean

When the student is ready the teacher appears. When the question is asked then the answer is heard. When we are truly ready to receive then what we need will become available.

Being around new and different people always brings out some new part of who you are.

We who are white men can't change who we are. But we could do worse than to follow what I took that summer as his example: to be aware of and curious about the world around you, to give what you have with neither apology nor self-congratulation. When praise comes to see you, get out on the fire escape. When it's someone else's time to talk, listen. Don't turn your house into a museum. When your work is done, get out of the way.

Identity negates possibility, denies openness to other life. Identity kills, both metaphorically and very, very literally.

When you write vaguely, you are always vulnerable.