open-mindedness

Those who will not apply new remedies
must expect new evils.

Francis Bacon

    

Where there is an open mind there will always be a frontier.

Charles F. Kettering

  

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

  

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

  
   

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

  
You can have such an open mind that
it is too porous to hold a conviction.

George W. Crane

  
 

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

  
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

 

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

  
  

Many a person thinks he or she has an open mind, when it is merely vacant.

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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

  

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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