Open Minds Quotes

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

“A prepared mind is always made up; it knows what it thinks and why it thinks that. When it's time to change, it just makes itself up a different way. A really made-up mind--made up properly, knowing what it knows and on what basis it knows it--is open. People close an undecided mind because they're trying to protect those sore uncertainties from getting bumped and scraped.”
― John Barnese

“One can give ‘correct’ opinion only if one has an open mind.”
― Dada Bhagwan

“We try new things with open minds.
Mistakes, they come and go.
Attempting what we cannot do
Is how we learn and grow.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

“Okay, now. In the spirit of open minds — try to walk in somebody else's shoes at least once a day. Maybe even twice a day.
What's it like for your poor teachers to have to put up with you rowdy, ill-tempered boys and girls? Just kidding. You're all very nice!
What's it like for the other kids in your class? I'm talking about every single kid in this school! What is school like for them? Please walk in their shoes.
Okay, and what's it like for your moms and dads? They think about you all the time. Especially your moms. Now it's time to think about them.
Another thing. This is kind of earth-shakingly important. If you're a bully — stop it right now!
Being a bully could mean you have stuff to work out at home. So try your best to work it out at home.”
― James Patterson, James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

“A prepared mind is always made up; it knows what it thinks and why it thinks that. When it's time to change, it just makes itself up a different way. A really made-up mind--made up properly, knowing what it knows and on what basis it knows it--is open. People close an undecided mind because they're trying to protect those sore uncertainties from getting bumped and scraped.”
― John Barnes, The Armies of Memory

“Having an open mind is the most important precondition for creating
new ideas.”
― Eraldo Banovac