Quotes About Openness

Our open and personal existence rests upon an initial foundation of acquired and congealed existence.

The possible is the openness of the perceived world and not a system of logical Being in which we would be set up through idealization.

Our ideas, however limited they may be at a given moment—since they always express our contact with being and with culture—are capable of being true provided we keep them open to the field of nature and culture which they must express. And this possibility is always open to us, just because we are temporal.

I said anything I wanted because I don't believe in children I don't believe in childhood. I don't believe that there's a demarcation. 'Oh you mustn't tell them that. You mustn't tell them that.' You tell them anything you want. Just tell them if it's true. If it's true you tell them.

The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the deepest root of all evil that is in the world.

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.

A smile is the universal welcome.

When you love someone you leave every possibility open to them, and in spite of all the memories of the past you are ready to be surprised, again and again surprised, at how different they are, how various, not a finished image.

Never be afraid to zigzag. Avoid wailing yourself into a category: "I'm a secretary...I'm in the computer business...I'm a Detroiter." You never know which direction your lucky breaks may come from. When they drift into reach, grab them.

Relative American openness, contrasted with the communist commitment to secrecy, in my view constitutes a claim upon a fragment of moral high ground. The egregious error committed by US statesmen and commanders was not that of lying to the world, but rather that of lying to themselves.

Social media's almightiness has brought about many things, but the main one is transparency. Total transparency everywhere and for everyone.

I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.

I make a mental note to befriend some boring people.

When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more.

Volim da porazgovaram, od razgovora sve postane svjetlije i svježije, kao da se prozori na ku?i otvore... Nisam naro?ito pametan, niti mislim da je to važno, važnije je da je ?ovjek pravedan i da se ne truje ružnim mislima. Mu?no bi bilo živjeti obeshrabren, treba vidjeti i onu stranu koja nije protiv ?ovjeka.

Thou shalt not distort, delay, or withhold information.

In theory, I would like to lead a transparent life. I would like my life to be as clear as a new pane of glass, without anything shameful and no dark shadows. I would like that. But if I am completely honest, I have to acknowledge secrets too painful even to tell myself. There

Sometimes you had to let go of your convictions, or at least loosen them far more than you ever thought you would.

Sometimes you had to let go of your convictions, or at least loosen them far more than you ever though you would.

I want to not think so much about what I want, and what I missed out on. I want to think about other things—other people, in other places even. I am so tired of all the little ironic in-jokes, and reciting lines from TV shows and movies and books. Everything from the . . . circumscribed world. I want an uncircumscribed world.

I know it's so hard to stay open when you feel like closing.

For a flexible person, it is impossible not to reach his destination, because by using his ability to be flexible he can easily define a nearer new destination.

A student who considers everybody and everything as a teacher will eventually be the teacher of the teachers!

All cultures have things to learn from all other cultures. Don't get stuck in your culture! Go beyond it! Get out of your aquarium; get out of your farm; get out of your castle; break your bell jar! Give chance to other cultures and to other opinions! This is the best way for you to see the insufficiencies, absurdities and stupidities in your culture!