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
  

Minds are like parachutes.  They only function when they are open.

 James Dewar

  

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
  

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
 

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
   
A closed mind is a dying mind.

Edna Ferber
   

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The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive
at a reasonable conclusion, we still - must close our minds for
the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our conclusions.

George Bernard Shaw
    
Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take
anywhere is not a Gucci bag or French-cut jeans; it's an open mind.

Gail Rubin Bereny
    

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be
so open that there is no keeping anything in or out of it.
It should be capable of shutting its doors sometimes,
or it may be found a little draughty.

Samuel Butler
   

   
An open mind, like an open window, should be screened to keep the bugs out.

Virginia Hutchison
   
   

  

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