“Genuine ignorance is... profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open mindedness; whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish waterproof to new ideas.”
John Dewey
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.”
Tom Robbins
“Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess.”
Margaret Mead
“Fear closes us down, play helps the spirit flourish”
Sue James
“As I've looked at Sandra Day O'Connor, she had an open-mindedness and an independence and called them as she saw them,”
Dianne Feinstein
“It all starts with the communities and administration. There was a lot of open-mindedness on both sides. They took the guess- work out. Both communities knew what to expect.”
Mark Harmon
