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“Wonder and inspiration occur when we have the open eyes, hearts, and minds of small children.”

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“Abuse thrives in secrecy, whereas out in the open it wilts and dies. The more we can bring abuse of any kind out into the world, where we can examine it and talk about it, the more likely we are to see the back of it.”

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“People over forty can seldom be convinced of anything. At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.”

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“When people seek help but already have their own answers ready, it becomes a battle of wills. Without that openness, it's difficult to create the space for transformation.”

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“A person's destiny often ends before his death.”

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“In no place where its sign openly and blatantly says "Love Center" can the thing called "love" be found.”

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“Being receptive means overcoming insecurities and self-preoccupation and opening yourself up to the experience of another. It means you resist the urge to project your own viewpoint; you do not ask, “How would I feel if I were in your shoes?” Instead, you are patiently ready for what the other person is offering. As the theologian Rowan Williams put it, we want our minds to be slack and attentive at the same time, the senses relaxed, open, and alive, the eyes tenderly poised.”

Understanding Listening Openness Attentiveness Receptiveness

Book:How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

Source: How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

“Elders are stupid and their beliefs are old. Try a new belief. I try a new one every day.”

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“When she connected with someone, she opened up like a rose to expose the most tender, pure, selfless, and loyal heart I'd ever known.”

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“There is courage, I think, in open-mindedness, and thinking for oneself. If you are a witch, then perhaps witches are not so wicked after all.”

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“Reaching out to individuals of different ideological persuasions and starting a dialogue with them demanded then (and still requires today) a particular form of courage and fortitude that not everyone has. It also presupposes a particular style of discourse that avoids making reproaches and tirades against alleged 'scoundrels' and traitors with whom no dialogue is conceivable. 'I learned to respect other people's ideas,' [Norberto] Bobbio confessed, 'to pause before the secret of every conscience, to understand before arguing, and to argue before condemning.' He had always been a person 'more interested in dialogue than conflict' and loathed extremist or intransigent positions on all sides.”

Politics Debate Dialogue Openness Open Mindedness Conversations Public Discourse Talking About Politics

Book:Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes

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