Open Mindedness Quotes

"Thinking isn't agreeing or disagreeing. That's voting." "As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life." "Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change" "Success is not a straight line, it's much more of a dance and being open to possibilities." "Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t" "The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge." "When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new" "Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open" "It is important to draw wisdom from different places. If you take it from only one place it becomes rigid and stale" "A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving." "We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough to be true." "Never judge anyone else's choices without knowing all their reasons" "We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty." "Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something you have never seen before. Of course it will be a little thing but do not ignore it. One discovery will lead to another and before you know it you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind. All really big discoveries are the results of thought" "Go into meetings prepared to listen and learn. Don’t expect to brief or be briefed, but to engage and understand" "A man who won’t listen can’t hear" "Sometimes you have to get out of your own way and listen to what other people are saying to you." "Once you drop all your ideas and simply listen, there is enormous possibility for transformation." "Having the ability to change your mind is crucial." "Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties"