27 Quotes About Close-mindedness

The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

It's a huge disservice to classify all minds as either closed or open. I find the best minds are closed by openable windows.

God is not a God of confusion, although at times one's judgment, for a period, may become clouded in the mi(d)st of one's growth process. I stopped fooling myself into thinking that Christ is always for the cool kids and never for those upright and uptight religious people everybody hates.

A mind set in its ways is wasted. Don't do it.

It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about.

The ego is what drives a self-serving individual who hates to admit they are wrong.

Being different will always threaten the institution of understanding of a closed mind. However, evolution is built on difference, changing and the concept of thinking outside the box. Live to be your own unique brand, without apology.

Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.

One of the biggest contradictions in self-proclaimed open-mindedness is to say that we're all one but when a true bigot comes around tell him we're all different. It's usually the case that neither side is correct. One might have the right to do something, anything, but sure enough, that doesn't mean it's right and a benefit to other people.