open-mindedness

Don__ limit yourself, discover new areas of expertise

Be flexible and adapt easily to new things

Few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning.

The experience of seeing how our thought and our words and our ideas have been confined by the limitation of our experience is one which is salutary and is in a certain sense good for a man's morals as well as good for his pleasure. It seems to us [scientists] that this is an opening up of the human spirit , avoiding its provincialism and narrowness.

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?

Don__ be too rigid, always be ready and eager to make new discoveries

Don__ be too stereotyped, be ready to explore new opportunities

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.

We Destroy Because We HateWe Hate Because We FearWe Fear Because We Don__ UnderstandWe Don__ Understand Because We Won__ LearnIlluminate your mind & Educate yourself!

It's a huge disservice to classify all minds as either closed or open. I find the best minds are closed by openable windows.

Always hear others out and remain open-minded the day you think you know everything is the day you have the most yet to learn.

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

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

A man who believes everything can be explained by science is just as ignorant as someone who believes everything can be explained by religion.

It's not enough to open your eyes. You must open your heart as well.

Most commanders wanted as many good sources of information as possible. MacArthur was focused on limiting and controlling his sources of intelligence.

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.