Open Mindedness Quotes
Most popular open-mindedness quotes
Never forget that, no matter how certain, you might be wrong.
A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open mind.
The danger of psychedelic drugs, the danger of mind-opening, the danger of consciousness expansion, the danger of inner discovery is a danger to the establishment.
Another thing I think should be avoided is extremely intense ideology because it cabbages up one's mind.
The challenge of creative beings is to be suspicious of every discourse, thought, affirmation, or proposal that presents itself as "the only possible path." There are always others. There is always another possibility.
The greatest leaders in God's tribe have been those men who have left room for doubt.
The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
An open mind collects more riches than an open purse.
The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.
![Often it is our own knowledge that is the biggest obstacle to us touching suchness [reality]. That is why it's very important to learn how to release our own views. Knowledge is the obstacle to knowledge. If you are dogmatic in your way of thinking, it is very difficult to receive new insights, to conceive of new theories and understandings about the world. - Thích Nhất Hạnh quote.](/img/q/38/15938A-often-it-is-our-own-knowledge-that-is-biggest-obstacle-thich-nhat-hanh.png)
Often it is our own knowledge that is the biggest obstacle to us touching suchness [reality]. That is why it's very important to learn how to release our own views. Knowledge is the obstacle to knowledge. If you are dogmatic in your way of thinking, it is very difficult to receive new insights, to conceive of new theories and understandings about the world.
For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.
The moment you say that any idea system is sacred, whether it's a belief system or a secular ideology, the moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.
Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.
Ah, snug lies those that slumber Beneath Conviction's roof. Their floors are sturdy lumber, Their windows weatherproof. But I sleep cold forever And cold sleep all my kind, For I was born to shiver In the draft of an open mind.
When we are closed to ideas what we hear is criticism. When we are open to ideas what we get is advice.
