Quotes about Openness

The more that we can put together, the more that we can "forgive" and allow, the more we can include and enjoy, the more we tend to be living in the Spirit.

When the self is surrendered—when we're not too tied to our own agenda, anger, fear, or desire to make things happen our way—we are truly open to love. But be aware of the heart's propensity to clench and close.

To keep the mind space open, you need some form of meditative practice—something much more than saying prayers. In fact, if recitation of prayers does not lead to a change in consciousness, it is actually counterproductive.

Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy.

Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.

True hospitality is marked by an open response to the dignity of each and every person. Henri Nouwen has described it as receiving the stranger on his own terms, and asserts that it can be offered only by those who 'have found the center of their lives in their own hearts'.

Prayer is not about changing God, but being willing to let God change us.

Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.

Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking; he's always doing something.

When evangelizers rise from prayer, their hearts are more open; freed of self-absorption, they are desirous of doing good and sharing their lives with others.

If you are not open to the unprecedented, you will repeat history. If you are open to the unprecedented, you will change history. The difference is prayer.

We must lay before him what is in us not what ought to be in us.