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• Faith is a state of openness or trust.

  Alan Watts

  Faith, States

  Alan Watts (1977). “The essence of Alan Watts”, Celestial Arts Publishing Company

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• 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 may discover a space, a break in the chatter, a glimpse of open sky. This is our birthright—the wisdom with which we were born, the vast unfolding display of primordial richness, primordial openness, primordial wisdom itself. When one thought has ended and another has not yet begun, we can rest in that space.

  Pema Chodron

  Memories, Sky, Space

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• Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Heart, Winning, People

  "The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 62, 1678.

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• I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1973). “Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1929-1932”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

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• The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.

  E. B. White

  People, Childhood, Tolerance

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• I am safe and secure. I exhale any anxiety and inhale calm. As my world expands so do my heart and mind. I am willing to stay open and accept all the miracles and abundance the universe has to offer me.

  Kris Carr

  Inspirational, Heart, Acceptance

  FaceBook post by Kris Carr from Dec 20, 2013

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• Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Patience, Ego, Solitude

  "Sunbeams: A Book of Quotations". Book edited by Sy Safransky, p. 42, 1990.

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• I would define love very simply: as a potent blend of openness and warmth, which allows us to make real contact, to take delight in and appreciate, and to be at one with--our selves, others, and life itself. Openness--the heart's pure, unconditional yes--is love's essence. And warmth is love's basic expression, arising as a natural extension of this yes--the desire to reach out and touch, connect with, and nourish what we love.

  John Welwood

  Real, Heart, Expression

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• Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples' cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.

  Aga Khan IV

  Understanding, Tolerance, Survival

  Speech at the Ceremony to Inaugurate the Restored Humayun's Tomb Gardens, New Delhi, India, April 15, 2003.

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• We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.

  Max De Pree

  Life, Beautiful, Healing

  Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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• Change is in the air, as old patterns fall away and new energies are emerging. Consciously release what needs to be released, and welcome with a full embrace the newness you've prayed for and so richly deserve.

  Marianne Williamson

  Change, Prayer, Fall

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Sep 03, 2011

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• Without friendship and the openness and trust that go with it, skills are barren and knowledge may become an unguided missile.

  Frank H. T. Rhodes

  Friendship, Trust, Skills

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• Faith is, above all, openness; an act of trust in the unknown.

  Alan Watts

  Spirituality

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• Positivity opens us. The first core truth about positive emotions is that they open our hearts and our minds, making us more receptive and more creative.

  Barbara Fredrickson

  Positive, Truth, Heart

  Barbara Fredrickson (2009). “Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life”, p.21, Harmony

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  Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Clever

  "Contarini Fleming". Book by Benjamin Disraeli, 1832.

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• Only gratefulness, in the form of limitless openness for surprise, lays hold of the fullness of life in hope.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Fullness Of Life, Surprise, Gratefulness

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• If you're really listening, if you're awake to the poignant beauty of the world, your heart breaks regularly. In fact, your heart is made to break; its purpose is to burst open again and again so that it can hold evermore wonders.

  Andrew Harvey

  Inspirational, Beauty, Broken Heart

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• Living
  consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and
  responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the
  moment.

  Sidney Poitier

  Honesty, African American, Live In The Moment

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• Honesty is always the best policy.

  George Washington

  Honesty, Supposing That, Candor

  George Washington, John Jay, Jared Sparks (1850). “Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States of America”, p.46, New York : J. Wiley

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• It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

  Erma Bombeck

  Dream, Courage, Kindness

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• My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.

  Barack Obama

  Government, Effectiveness, Creating

  "Open Government Directive: Obama Moves On Transparency Promise" by Rachel Weiner, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.

  Niels Bohr

  Political, Democracy, Weapons

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• Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Patience, Ego, Solitude

  "Sunbeams: A Book of Quotations". Book edited by Sy Safransky, p. 42, 1990.

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• Blessings upon your mind and heart. Let openness, trust and love be your first response. This is the secret to everlasting joy, peace and contentment.

  Mooji

  Heart, Blessing, Love Is

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• Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour.

  Tom Hanks

  Optimistic, Optimism, Tolerance

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