{"quotes":[{"text":"One of the biggest contradictions in self-proclaimed open-mindedness is to say that we're all one but when a true bigot comes around tell him we're all different. It's usually the case that neither side is correct. One might have the right to do something, anything, but sure enough, that doesn't mean it's right and a benefit to other people.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["beneficial","benefit","bigotry","close-mindedness","contradiction","different","laws","morals","oneness","open-mindedness","rights"],"id":6873,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"One day the world will be so badly wounded that those who try to repair it will only be called 'close-minded.","author":"Danielle Valenilla","tags":["close-mindedness","defeat","world","wounds"],"id":64575,"author_id":"Danielle+Valenilla"},{"text":"Being different will always threaten the institution of understanding of a closed mind. However, evolution is built on difference, changing and the concept of thinking outside the box. Live to be your own unique brand, without apology.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["bias","branding","build","close-minded","close-mindedness","collective","create","cultural-difference","different","divergent","diversity","dream","inspire","invent","open-minded","progress","reinvent","revolutionary","unique","uniquely-you"],"id":67983,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["arguing","arguments","bigot","bigotry","bigots","certainty","close-mindedness","conviction","honesty","intolerance","narrow-mindedness","open-mindedness","passion","philosophy","politics","religion","subject","subject-matter","theology","tolerance","truth","worth"],"id":88527,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"A mind set in its ways is wasted. Don't do it.","author":"Eric Schmidt","tags":["close-mindedness","eric-schmidt","mindfulness","perception","wisdom"],"id":133079,"author_id":"Eric+Schmidt"},{"text":"The ego is what drives a self-serving individual who hates to admit they are wrong.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["arrogant","backward","biased","close-minded","close-mindedness","closeminded","ego","egoism","egotism","heart","incorrect","mind","mindset","negative","person","right","self-centered","self-serving","selfish","wrong","wrongful"],"id":171846,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"It's a huge disservice to classify all minds as either closed or open. I find the best minds are closed by openable windows.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["bigotry","classification","close-mindedness","creativity","disservice","imagination","intelligence","knowledge","minds","open-mindedness","thoughts","window","wisdom"],"id":178576,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.","author":"Isaac Asimov","tags":["assumptions","close-mindedness","intelligence","isaac-asimov","knowledge","open-mind","open-mindedness","open-minds","opinions","receptivity","science","science-of-mind"],"id":199235,"author_id":"Isaac+Asimov"},{"text":"God is not a God of confusion, although at times one's judgment, for a period, may become clouded in the mi(d)st of one's growth process. I stopped fooling myself into thinking that Christ is always for the cool kids and never for those upright and uptight religious people everybody hates.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["acceptance","apologetics","bigotry","christ","christianity","close-mindedness","compassion","confusion","doubt","faith","god","gospel","growth","hate","holiness","jesus","judgment","law","legalism","love","maturity","morality","obedience","open-mindedness","passion","pharisee","religion","righteous-judgment","salvation","sin","sinless","skepticism","solemnity","spirituality","thinking","unconditional-love","understanding"],"id":233991,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Pride is a fallacy. None of us are greater than the sum of our parts.","author":"Eric Hirzel","tags":["assumptions","close-mindedness","intelligence","introspection","knowledge","open-mindedness","opinions","psychology","science"],"id":236859,"author_id":"Eric+Hirzel"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":16,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}