Open Mindedness Quotes

Open Mindedness Quote of the day

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

LSD wanted to tell me something. It gave me an inner joy, an open mindedness, a gratefulness, open eyes and an internal sensitivity for the miracles of creation.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.

The thing is, it's very dangerous to have a fixed idea. A person with a fixed idea will always find some way of convincing himself in the end that he is right

When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?

Flexibility requires an open mind and a welcoming of new alternatives.

It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.

Live with an open mind and an open heart. Always choose love over fear and kindness over cruelty.

Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.

A different species a different set of values a world completely unlike your own. There is a feeling you can only get when you meet the unknown and open your mind. - Nakajima (Gin no Saji)

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.

Renewal requires opening yourself up to new ways of thinking and feeling

If you cannot be open-minded, then you do not possess your ideas, your ideas possess you.

Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.

Some people like living in black and white worlds. Let them stay there. Appreciate all the colors you see in your world though.

It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about.

Beware: open-mindedness will often say, 'Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion.'

Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.

Say 'Not Yet.' It's best to leave your options open.

Travel is the best teacher. The only way to an open mind is by taking a plane out into the open world.

The author determines that the bitterest struggles are for one side of the truth to the suppression of the other side.

Create inclusion - with simple mindfulness that others might have a different reality from your own.

A few simple tips for life: feet on the ground, head to the skies, heart open...quiet mind

The beliefs which we have the most warrant for have no safeguard, but a standing invitation to the whole world to prove them unfounded.

Happiness lies even in little tiny butterflies. You just have to cpen up your eyes and see where beauty flies to beautify your world lenghtwise.

Happiness lies even in tiny little butterflies. You just have to open up your eyes and see where beauty flies to beautify your world lenghtwise.

That just goes to show, remarked Pearlie, that you must never judge a woman in a kimono or a bathing suit.

When you read without an open mind, you're already filtering ideas and intended message. Selective reading contributes to wilful ignorance.

Happiness lies even in ltiny ittle butterflies. You just have to open up your eyes and see where beauty flies to beautify your world lenghtwise.

All a hardliner has to do is to keep the door of his mind open! And then, the light will visit him! Only in light we can see the truths!

People who don’t know how to use their minds can’t really know how to use their hearts either.

Remain open-minded, even when you believe yourself to be a king among peasants. You never know what blessings can be gained or crises averted just by listening.

If you open your mind more than you open your mouth, you will open your world more than you open your doubt.

Elliston thought consistency less important than vitality and intelligence and passion.

If someone chooses to live a certain way, and it doesn’t infringe on anyone’s freedom, it’s their choice to make.

Have a humble heart & an open-mind and you'll soon be given glimpses beyond the veil of your beliefs and understandings... growing wiser, and believing deeper.

Genius has less to do with the size of your mind than how open it is.

[B]egin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while or the light won’t come in.

Keep a logical but open mind. What one may pass off as a psychological dysfunction could be a burst of imagination at its finest.

I can't afford to say yes to all my staff's desires, but one thing is certain – I can't afford the outrageous cost of not listening to their requests.

What few rules appear to be in place are all made up.

When one opens a book, one should also open one's mind.

No one has the right to force his or her way of life on anyone else.

We can’t expect others to abandon their values any more than we would forsake our own.

One is not required to like a movie in order to learn from it. Our personal views provide a legitimate perspective, as long as we recognize and acknowledge how they may color our interpretation.