open-mindedness

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It's okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn't give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don't like what they are saying. Learn to recognize good writing when you read it, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable.

I'm too open minded that I don't know what to mind anymore.

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

We can__ expect others to abandon their values any more than we would forsake our own.

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

Sit down before fact with an open mind. Be prepared to give up every preconceived notion. Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads or you learn nothing. Don__ push out figures when facts are going in the opposite direction.

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

One of the biggest contradictions in self-proclaimed open-mindedness is to say that we're all one but when a true bigot comes around tell him we're all different. It's usually the case that neither side is correct. One might have the right to do something, anything, but sure enough, that doesn't mean it's right and a benefit to other people.

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

What advantage has the person who will not listen over the one who cannot hear?

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.

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

[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__ come in.

The grandest form of delusion is misconstruing the obvious. Persons with an open, inquisitive, and intuitive mind can detect hidden clues that aggressive, narrow-minded, and impatient rationalist fail to perceive.

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

If someone chooses to live a certain way, and it doesn__ infringe on anyone__ freedom, it__ 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.