Quotes about Openness

We are playful when we engage others at the level of choice, when there is no telling in advance where our relationship with them will come out-- when, in fact, no one has an outcome to be imposed on the relationship, apart from the decision to continue it.

Treat everyone on Earth like you're staying in their home. Because you are.

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.

I just think there's no reason to limit yourself to one sport.

Books, for me, used to be a way to escape. I now consider reading a good book a sacred indulgence, a chance to be any place I choose. It is my absolute favorite way to spend time. What I know for sure is that reading opens you up.

Everything that happened to you can be used to strengthen you, if you allow it, if you're open to it.

If I could plan my life I wouldnt want to live it.

People from the other side will seem odd to you. And you will never understand the latitude which they extend to you.

Emerson said: "Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him.

There's magic, positive magic, in such phrases as: I may be wrong. I frequently am. Let's examine the facts.

If a person makes a statement that you think is wrong—yes, even that you know is wrong—isn't it better to begin by saying: "Well, now, look. I thought otherwise, but I may be wrong. I frequently am. And if I am wrong, I want to be put right. Let's examine the facts." There's magic, positive magic, in such phrases as: "I may be wrong. I frequently am. Let's examine the facts.

Nobody in the heavens above or on the earth beneath or in the waters under the earth will ever object to your saying: 'I may be wrong. Let's examine the facts.