Openness Quotes

307 quotes by 252 authors

Is it possible to be alive, active in the world, and yet have such calm, such kind of inner openness and presence that one can… — Arthur Zajonc
People think of security as a noun, something you go buy. In reality, it's an abstract concept like happiness. Openness is unbelievably helpful to security. — James Gosling
IBM has had a long partnership with Siebel, JD Edwards and Peoplesoft, so from a partner perspective, this is a good move by both sides.… — Stephen Graham
The capacity for fear and for happiness are the same, the unrestricted openness to experience amounting to self-abandonment in which the vanquished rediscovers himself. — Theodor Adorno
The more two people open to each other, the more this wide-openness also brings to the surface all the obstacles to it: their deepest, darkest… — John Welwood
There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. Share… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
It is not for the concept, but for the experience, that we use the term the Beloved. The experience of this enormity we falteringly label… — Stephen Levine
Real friends require honesty, openness, and even vulnerability. They also require attention and simple acts of kindness. — Mary Pipher
What makes war interesting for Americans is that we don't fight war on our soil, we don't have direct experience of it, so there's an… — Robert Dallek
When we cling to thoughts and memories, we are clinging to what cannot be grasped. When we touch these phantoms and let them go, we… — Pema Chodron
To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own… — Martha C. Nussbaum
So thereâ€™s a kind of resurgence of the sense of freedom and spontaneity in nature. From nature being bound into a rigid, deterministic model, freedom,… — Rupert Sheldrake
The Norwegian response to violence is more democracy, more openness and greater political participation, — Jens Stoltenberg
In order for innovation to happen, a bunch of things that aren't happening on closed platforms need to occur. Valve wouldn't exist today without the… — Gabe Newell
Trust yourself. At the root, at the core, there is pure sanity, pure openness. Donâ€™t trust what you have been taught, what you think, what… — Gangaji
The road to revolution involves openness to the people, not imperviousness to them; it involves communion with the people, not mistrust. — Paulo Freire
Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking; he's always doing something. Prayer is to enter into that activity...… — Henri Nouwen
In general I don't like definitions, but 'Minimalist' is a term that means elegance and openness, so I would prefer to be called a Minimalist… — Ludovico Einaudi
You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you. You produce it. You live it. The prerequisites for… — Bruce Mau

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