325 Quotes About Openness

Eleanor Roosevelt on the changes in John F. Kennedy that led her to drop her opposition to his nomination for president: "He has the qualities of a scholar, and a sense of history. I had the feeling that he was the man who can learn. I like him better than I ever had before because he seemed so little caulk-sure, and I think he has a mind that is open to new ideas.

Anthropologist Victor Turner writes that we are most free to explore identity in places outside of our normal routines, places that are in some way "betwixt and between." Turner calls them liminal, from the Latin word for "threshold.

I was only 44, which is childhood philosophy.

Possibly, there was something to be said for the intellectual discipline of second-guessing what you thought was true.

A man is as old as his arteries and as young as his ideas.

Looking to advance in journalism, one future editor displayed skilled as varied as economic analysis and humorous commentary.

You can't build a wall round a village.The sun and the windwill always find their way in.

Share yourself often, easily, authentically and generously from wherever you are in the moment.

Admitting a mistake is not a weakness; on the contrary, it shows an openness of your heart. It takes guts to say sorry. Only a strong and well-balanced individual with clarity of mind can do so effortlessly. Taking responsibility for your actions requires and develops your self-control. You become your own person.