Quotes about Openness
Who cannot open an honest mind No friend will he be of mine.
— Euripides
Total openness to serving others is our hallmark, it alone is our title of honour!
— Pope Francis
We do not prescribe any prayer; we welcome all prayer.
— George W. Bush
Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
— Corrie Ten Boom
The worst prison would be a closed heart.
— Pope John Paul II
Did you ever notice how difficult it is to argue with someone who is not obsessed with being right?
— Wayne Dyer
Don't live every day as if it were your last. Live every day as if it were your first.
— Paulo Coelho
When you are pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen, brush the honey off your nose and spruce yourself up as best you can, so as to look Ready for Anything.
— AA Milne
There is ecstasy in paying attention. You can get into a kind of Wordsworthian openness to the world, where you see in everything the essence of holiness.
— Anne Lamott
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Even when the angel asks him specifically, "Do you not know what these are?" Zechariah answers with humility, "No, my lord." Had Zechariah not responded with humility and openness, he probably would not have gained much from the whole experience. People who think they know it all already cut themselves off from learning anything new.
— James Goll
It makes no sense to tell everyone to look at you if you're not ready to be looked at yet.
— Jason Fried