Quotes about Openness
Thus, the apostles' adventure began as a gathering of persons who open to one another reciprocally. A direct knowledge of the Teacher began for the disciples.
— Pope Benedict XVI
Lead me to cast away my thoughts of what I think I know, and make me kneel before Thee in true teachableness and poverty of spirit.
— Andrew Murray
When God opens his mouth to us, he should not find our hearts closed and shut firmly against him.
— John Calvin
There is no key to happiness; the door is always open
— Mother Teresa
May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility.
— Mary Anne Radmacher
Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, - an open and noble temper.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
True Hospitality is welcoming the stranger on her own terms. This kind of hospitality can only be offered by those who've found the center of their lives in their own hearts.
— Henri Nouwen
A compassionate open home is part of Christian responsibility, and should be practiced up to the level of capacity.
— Francis Schaeffer
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.
— Mother Teresa
To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.
— Charles Dickens
Honest speech does not seek secret places.
— St. Jerome
Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
— Teresa of Avila