Be open minded, but not so open minded that your brains fall out.
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.
Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
Let yourself be open and life will be easier.
Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds. I have always kept an open mind, a flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of the intelligent search for truth.
It's okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn't give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don't like what they are saying. Learn to recognize good writing when you read it, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable.
Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.
The world is full of people who have stopped listening to themselves.
An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping anything in or out of it.
Anyone who stops learning is old — whether this happens at twenty or at eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young but becomes constantly more valuable — regardless of physical capacity.
No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.
The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a reasonable conclusion, we still must close our minds for the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our conclusions.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
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