Quotes about Open-mindedness

Sometimes it takes travelling the world to realize that it isn't ok to be different, it's freaking awesome!

I'm convinced being generous is a better way to live. I'm convinced forgiving people and not carrying around bitterness is a better way to live. I'm convinced having compassion is a better way to live. I'm convinced pursuing peace in every situation is a better way to live. I'm convinced listening to the wisdom of others is a better way to live. I'm convinced being honest with people is a better way to live.

But it isn't a choice, because Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, the life." If you come across truth in any form, it isn't outside your faith as a Christian. Your faith just got bigger. To be a Christian is to claim truth wherever you find it.

Often times when I meet atheists and we talk about the god they don't believe in, we quickly discover that I don't believe in that god either. So when we hear that a certain person has "rejected Christ," we should first ask, "Which Christ?

First, I'm a Christian, and so Jesus is how I understand God. I realize that for some people, hearing talk about Jesus shrinks and narrows the discussion about God, but my experience has been the exact opposite. My experiences of Jesus have opened my mind and my heart to a bigger, wider, more expansive and mysterious and loving God who I believe is actually up to something in the world.

As obvious as it is, then, Jesus is bigger than any one religion.

It is no more narrow to claim that one religion is right than to claim that one way to think about all religions is right.

Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.

These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.

Religions all have different names, but they all contain the same truths. ... I think the people of our religion should be tolerant and understand people believe different things.

I'm a big believer in tolerance. I think that religion at it's best comes with a big dose of doubt.

One should not think of embracing another religion before one had fully understand his own.