Quotes about Openness

So talk like you really talk. Reveal things that others are unwilling to discuss. Be upfront about your shortcomings. Show the latest version of what you're working on, even if you're not done yet. It's OK if it's not perfect. You might not seem as professional, but you will seem a lot more genuine.

You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

There is no qualification for government, but virtue and wisdom, whether actual or presumptive. . . . Every thing ought to be open; but not indifferently to every man.

Everything ought to be open,—but not indifferently to every man.

Humility means that you acknowledge you don't know everything, and you might be especially confused when it comes to God.

You can't have a deeper relationship if you won't allow yourself to be known.

We pride ourselves on nothing but the courage to be trivial. For a person is simple in his striving for truth, and it is honest to admit this openly.

We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.

I've never had a game plan. It's just if something comes along and it feels right in the moment.

I'm against exclusion of any kind - whether that's restricting people from Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S. or kicking merchants off our platform if they're operating within the law.

In the second half of life, we do not have strong and final opinions about everything, every event, or most people, as much as we allow things and people to delight us, sadden us, and truly influence us.

God is always bigger than the boxes we build for God, so we should not waste too much time protecting the boxes.