118 Quotes About Open-mind

What advantage has the person who will not listen over the one who cannot hear?

Ignorance shuts the mind’s door tight; wisdom swings it wide open.

Open-mindedness is a precondition for generating new ideas, but focusing on the problem is almost equally important.

You can choose between having an open mind and being a skeptic. There is no in-between.

The greatest potential we have for opening our hearts lies in the opening of our minds.

We have eyelids but not earlids, for the ears are the portals of learning, and Nature wanted to keep them wide open.

and so I opened my eyes and I opened my mind and I saw something I never would have noticed on a bicycle unless I was going very, very fast down a very long hill. Because of the speed of the bus and how I was exerting no effort, the telephone wires on the side of the road, sagging between poles, went up and down with the same rhythm as my heartbeat.

The acknowledgement of a single possibility can change everything.

Let go and let in. When we avoid prejudging our sources of information, we become more receptive to what they have to offer. If we come to listening with a blank slate, our environment can write on it what we need to hear. Similarly, if our mental and sensory channels are open, there’s more room to import energy and information.