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Those who will not apply new remedies
must expect
new evils.
Francis Bacon |
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Where there is an open mind there will always
be a frontier.
Charles F. Kettering
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Life
has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize
it, than
to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our
eyes to,
everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate,
or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems
nasty, painful,
evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if
faced with
an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for those
who have the vision to recognize it as such.
Henry
Miller
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If
people 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.
Andre
Maurois
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Merely
having an open mind is nothing; the object of opening the
mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on
something solid.
Gilbert
K. Chesterton
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You can have such an open mind that
it is too porous to hold a conviction.
George W. Crane
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Dogmatism
breeds intolerance. Like ideology, dogmatism puts
blinkers on what its adherents can see, disables
their questioning faculties, and breeds fervor and
fanaticism. . . . Having an open mind does not mean
that one never comes to any convictions in life. It
is perfectly possible to have an open mind and live
a very principled life, without holding one's
beliefs dogmatically. Having an open mind means
being prepared to question even your most central
beliefs if there is occasion to do so. It means
being open, when the time comes, to having your mind
changed by an argument better than one's own. It
means being able to think both sides of an issue,
both the side you think is true and the side you
think is false. It also means being able to suspend
your beliefs, to play devil's advocate, and to
detach yourself somewhat from your own beliefs,
actions and feelings. Only living with an open mind
gives us a chance to grow and change, for change is
inevitable, while growth, unfortunately, is not.
Jeff
Mason
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Never
stop learning and adapting. The world will
always be changing. If you limit yourself to what
you knew and what you were comfortable with earlier
in your life, you will grow increasingly frustrated
with your surroundings as you age.
David Niven
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Keep
your hands open, and all the sands of the desert
can pass through them. Close them,
and all you can feel is a bit of grit.
Taisen
Deshimaru
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Many
a person thinks he or she has an open mind, when it is
merely vacant.
unattributed
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Tolerance
is understanding. It is open to new light.
Those who are tolerant are always eager to explore
viewpoints other than their own.
Wilferd
A. Peterson
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Anyone
who
stops
learning
is
old,
whether
at
twenty
or
eighty.
Anyone
who
keeps
learning
stays
young.
The
greatest
thing
in
life
is
to
keep
your
mind
young.
Henry
Ford
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