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Quotes About Receptivity

Prayer is the Word of God which comes to you when you are silent enough, still enough, expectant enough to receive it.
~ Joel S. Goldsmith
If you pray for bread and bring no basket to carry it, you prove the doubting spirit, which may be the only hindrance to the boon you ask.
~ Dwight L. Moody
When trust is perfect and there is no doubt, prayer is simply the outstretched hand ready to receive.
~ Edward McKendree Bounds
We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Enough of science and art, Close up these barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you a heart Thst watches and receives.
~ William Wordsworth
It is more important that we listen to others than to always be speaking, for in that way we learn what there is to know. We should be easy to talk to, and grateful for new information.
~ Wu Wei
I didn't want to tell the tree or weed what it was. I wanted it to tell me something and through me express its meaning in nature.
~ Wynn Bullock
We are beyond being helped, even by other more realized beings, unless we are in a receptive mental state.
~ David Michie
What we have to get clear to kids is that when you offer your stillness and open yourself to the experience of music, it pays you back more than you give.
~ David Ogden Stiers
Ralph Waldo Emerson noted that genius lies in "being altogether receptive; in letting the world do all, and suffering the spirit of the hour to pass unobstructed through the mind.
~ David S. Reynolds
being altogether receptive; in letting the world do all, and suffering the spirit of the hour to pass unobstructed through the mind.
~ David S. Reynolds
Keep your heart and mind open to allow things to come in.
~ Debasish Mridha
When you open your heart, only then will the light come in.
~ Debasish Mridha
Gratitude unifies the mind of man with the intelligence of substance, so that man's thoughts are received by the formless.
~ Wallace D. Wattles
History bears witness to the vital part that the 'prophets' have played in human progress—which is evidence of the ultimate practical value of expressing unreservedly the truth as one sees it. Yet it also becomes clear that the acceptances and spreading of that vision has always depended on another class of men—"leaders" who had to be philosophical strategists, striking a compromise between truth and men's receptivity to it.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru
leave yourself open to accept things rather than anxiously searching for them. You
~ Jay Maisel
I hope the amazed reader will be patient for a while—in order simply to read.
~ Jean-Luc Marion
Cold prayers, like cold suitors, are seldom effective in their aims.
~ Elisabeth Elliot
Ideas of every kind are constantly galloping towards us, constantly passing through us, constantly trying to get our attention. Let them know you are available.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Ta luôn nghe th?y nh?ng Ä'i?u ta không mu?n nghe, nhưng ta l?i không nghe ???c nh?ng Ä'i?u mà ta c?n nghe.
~ Amelie Nothomb
An open-door policy doesn't do much for a closed mind.
~ Bob Nelson
I think of feedback as constructive, not positive or negative. You choose to do what you want with it.
~ Denise Morrison
Throughout my career, I have criticized my every single step and I am open to any criticism.
~ Prosenjit Chatterjee
To me, kids are the greatest audience and the greatest critics in the world.
~ William Hartnell