Open Mindedness Quotes

“Narrow-mindedness will only get you as far as Nowhere, and once you're there, you're lost forever.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Furthermore

“I'm too open minded that I don't know what to mind anymore.”
― Ahmed Mostafa

“[When asked if he had ever learned anything about his work from film criticism]
No. To see a film once and write a review is an absurdity. Yet very few critics ever see a film twice or write about films from a leisurely, thoughtful perspective. The reviews that distinguish most critics, unfortunately, are those slambang pans which are easy to write and fun to write and absolutely useless. There's not much in a critic showing off how clever he is at writing silly, supercilious gags about something he hates.”
― Stanley Kubrick

“If you are going to judge others it is wisest to do so individually not collectively and on your own direct experience of them personally. But first - and throughout - examine yourself closely. Blurred vision can often occur due to the lens, perspective and perceptions of the viewer projected onto the object that it sees. Be wary of taking to the judges seat. Above all meet at treat yourself and everyone else mindfully, compassionately with humanity.”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Open your eyes, mind and heart - and then (only then) you will see”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“A few simple tips for life: feet on the ground, head to the skies, heart open...quiet mind”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“No harm in listening. Alexei's a child, not a wizard. We don't lose control of our brains by listening.”
― Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

“The experience of seeing how our thought and our words and our ideas have been confined by the limitation of our experience is one which is salutary and is in a certain sense good for a man's morals as well as good for his pleasure. It seems to us [scientists] that this is an opening up of the human spirit , avoiding its provincialism and narrowness.”
― J. Robert Oppenheimer, The Flying Trapeze: Three Crises For Physicists

“Be flexible and adapt easily to new things”
― Sunday Adelaja

“What advantage has the person who will not listen over the one who cannot hear?”
― Joyce Rachelle

“The grandest form of delusion is misconstruing the obvious. Persons with an open, inquisitive, and intuitive mind can detect hidden clues that aggressive, narrow-minded, and impatient rationalist fail to perceive.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Let us not despise the woman who is neither mother nor daughter nor wife. Let us not limit our esteem to family life, narrow our tolerance to simple egotism. Given that heaven rejoices more at the repentance of one sinner than over a hundred good men who have never sinned, let us endeavor to make heaven rejoice. We may be rewarded with interest. Let us leave along the path the alms of our forgiveness for those whose earthly desires have marooned them, so that a divine hope may save them, and, as the wise old women say when they prescribe a remedy of their own invention, if it doesn't help, at least it can't hurt.”
― Alexandre Dumas fils, The Lady of the Camellias

“Open your eyes
Open your ears
Open your mind
Open your heart
They are your portals to joy”
― Lisa Cypers Kamen, Are We Happy Yet?: Eight Keys to Unlocking a Joyful Life

“Ignorance shuts the mind’s door tight; wisdom swings it wide open.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Say 'Not Yet.' It's best to leave your options open.”
― Michelle Jaffe

“All a hardliner has to do is to keep the door of his mind open! And then, the light will visit him! Only in light we can see the truths!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“One is not required to like a movie in order to learn from it. Our personal views provide a legitimate perspective, as long as we recognize and acknowledge how they may color our interpretation.”
― Richard Barsam, Looking at Movies: An Introduction to Film

“Whenever I hear people clucking about the decline of civilization, what's wrong with young people, how vulgar popular culture is, how confusing and frightening they find the internet, alarms go off. I know I'm around somebody whose hinges are rusting. Death will be bad enough, but for me, this early harbinger is more fearsome, because a part of one's spirit and openness and ability to learn and grow disappears.”
― Jon Katz, A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me

“When the doors begin to close, the mind begins to open.”
― Curtis Tyrone Jones

“No one has the right to force his or her way of life on anyone else.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Follow Your Conscience: Make a Difference in Your Life & in the Lives of Others

“If only I could spend all days surrounded by people brave enough to open their hearts for real.”
― Scott Stabile

“Entrepreneurial business favors the open mind.”
― Richard Branson

“Say 'Not Yet.' It's best to leave your options open.”
― Michele Jaffe, Minders

“We can’t expect others to abandon their values any more than we would forsake our own.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Follow Your Conscience: Make a Difference in Your Life & in the Lives of Others

“A good listener is totally focused on the speaker with an open mind.”
― Ludwig Hess

“Don’t be too rigid, always be ready and eager to make new discoveries”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Just remember that in most things, right or wrong depends on where you’re standing at the moment. My father’s people would have thought having your life’s mate picked out for you by your parents to be … well, barbaric.” As Talon’s expression started to darken, Caleb added, “No offense intended, but I’m pointing out that things look the way they do because that is how you were taught as a child. And the rest of the world is vastly different from what a child can imagine.”
― Raymond E. Feist, Talon of the Silver Hawk

“It's not enough to open your eyes. You must open your heart as well.”
― Scott Stabile

“By staying open minded and listening to the needs and desires of your inner child, you open yourself up to the possibilities of anything and everything.”
― Kim Ha Campbell, Inner Peace Outer Abundance

“Did you know...

...that it is entirely possible to disagree with BOTH self-proclaimed nationalists and anti-nationals, BOTH right-wing and left-wing hardcores, BOTH ultra-religious people and atheists, BOTH vegans and meat-eaters, BOTH CrossFitters and non-CrossFitters, BOTH ‘cardio’ and ‘non-cardio’ folks, AND BOTH ‘low-carbers’ and ‘high-carbers’?!

It’s called THINKING FOR YOURSELF; it’s a highly pleasurable job since it involves telling people off; I highly recommend it!”
― Dr. Deepak S. Hiwale aka 'Dr Dee'