Quotes about Open-mindedness

Oh! it is absurd to have a hard-and-fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read.

The noble-minded are all-encompassing, not stuck in doctrines. Little people are stuck in doctrines.

Probably I dont believe in a lot of things that I used to believe in but that doesnt mean I dont believe in anything.

One can never satisfy a closed mind.

So he smiled to himself, for a dangerous phenomenon in the world is a man of narrow belief, who denies the right of his neighbour to be alone.

I judge people by their own principles — not by my own.

You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, You shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself.

This is what you should do: Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, Argue not concerning God, Have patience and indulgence toward the people... Reexamine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, Dismiss what insults your very soul, And your flesh shall become a great poem.

We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.

There are a lot of groups that feel a little bit strange around me, because I am inclusive.