Quotes about Open-mindedness

Beware the man of a single book.

For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead.

To consider hypotheses is surely always better than to dogmatize ins blaue hinein

Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy its glories.

The author says those who often claim to be tolerant are tolerant of those who agree with them — which is no one's definition of tolerance.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.

To be wise is to be eternally curious.

Impressions form images that become fixed ideas that give birth to prejudices. Anthony De Mello said, "If you are prejudiced, you will see that person from the eye of that prejudice. In other words, you will cease to see this person as a person. The Pharisee within spends most of his time reacting to labels, his own and others".

If we maintain the open-mindedness of children, we challenge fixed ideas and established structures, including our own.

Today I personally believe that while Jesus came to open the door to God's house, all human beings can walk through that door, whether they know about Jesus or not. Today I see it as my call to help every person claim his or her own way to God.

detach ourselves from making our individual experience the criterion for our approach to others