The Word frees us from smallness of mind (1 Kings 4:29) and from threatening confinements (Psalm 18:19).
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by scienc...
1. A Cup of Tea Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), recieved a university professor who came to inqure about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then...
When one opens a book, one should also open one's mind.
The spiritual freedom we seek cannot be found by grasping at, retreating to, or protecting our perceived safe spaces. Our freedom lies in remaining open continuously, not only to Life's changes but al...
A man who believes everything can be explained by science is just as ignorant as someone who believes everything can be explained by religion.
We need to start asking ourselves, does religion make people narrow minded or open minded?
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.
The patterns are simple, but followed together, they make for a whole that is wiser than the sum of its parts. Go for a walk; cultivate hunches; write everything down, but keep your folders messy; emb...
When you read without an open mind, you're already filtering ideas and intended message. Selective reading contributes to wilful ignorance.
It is never too late to give up your prejudices
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
If only I could spend all days surrounded by people brave enough to open their hearts for real.
When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?
It's not enough to open your eyes. You must open your heart as well.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
When I view all beings not as special creations, but as the lineal descendants of some few beings which lived long before the first bed of the Cambrian system was deposited, they seem to me to become...