Quotes About Receptiveness

When Jesus told His followers, "Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18:3), He was pointing toward the vulnerability and openness that are essential for those of us who aren't children to inherit the kingdom of God. This identification with children was important to Fred.

I like people to have their own reaction and their own take on things. And I don't like to shove my - what I want them to feel or think - down their throats. I like people to say, 'What was that about?' or 'Why did that happen?' And so, any reactions are welcome.

An open mind is prerequisite to an open heart.

'Presence of God' is really that understanding that sometimes when you step out of your own shoes and just open your ears and listen to what's going on around you, you get answers to the questions you were asking.

I think I'm a pretty good listener.

I'm a pretty good listener.

He strains to hear a whisper who refuses to hear a shout.

It is next to impossible to hear the voice of wisdom if we are not really listening for it to begin with. The best counsel in the world is wasted counsel if our minds are already made up.

The best thing I could say is you do have to be a really good listener. If I go to a family reunion, and there's 400 people there, everybody comes up and tells me their stories, right? And I think that when you're a good listener, and you can imagine how someone's talking, dialogue is your key friend, is it not?

She had long ago learned not to refuse when God brought a need to her attention.

However, just like this cup, you seem to be full of your own ideas. And how can any more go in . . . until you first empty your cup?

We only hear what we're ready to hear

All folks have a Big Ben in their brain that determines how receptive they are going to be to you and your ideas. When you mess with their internal clock, they won't listen to you. No matter how interesting your information, or how pleasant your call, bad timing means bad results for you.

Telling someone to change makes it less rather than more likely that they will.

Not everyone can be relaxed or comfortable enough to seriously listen to the (debate or interview) answers.

I actually do propose open-mindedness, but open-mindedness to the Word of God.

Going into the second arc, I'm making a conscious effort to do something I say I never do, which is to change my style because of feedback. I'm trying to make 'Pretty Deadly' more accessible by being more clear in the writing.

Don't get stubborn, flow with the go. The key is to be open to unintended success. Some companies just can't take yes for an answer.

Make space in your life for the inevitable arrival of what you want.

What am I doing? Nothing. I am letting life rain upon me.

Minds are like parachutes — they only function when open.

Betti wrote on philosophy, theology, and law, and many regard him as third in importance behind Gadamer and Ricoeur in twentieth-century hermeneutics. He argues that hermeneutics fosters "open-mindedness" and "receptiveness" to such an extent that the subject should be obligatory in all universities. It nurtures tolerance, mutual respect, and reciprocal listening one to another with patience and integrity.

Your mind is like a parachute; it only works when it is open.

The mind is like a parachute - it doesn't work if it's not open.