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“It's a factâ€�everyone is ignorant in some way or another.

Ignorance is our deepest secret.

And it is one of the scariest things out there, because those of us who are most ignorant are also the ones who often don't know it or don't want to admit it.

Here is a quick test:

If you have never changed your mind about some fundamental tenet of your belief, if you have never questioned the basics, and if you have no wish to do so, then you are likely ignorant.

Before it is too late, go out there and find someone who, in your opinion, believes, assumes, or considers certain things very strongly and very differently from you, and just have a basic honest conversation.

It will do both of you good.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.”
― Thomas Huxley, Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley â€� Volume 1

“It's been suggested that if the super-naturalists really had the powers they claim, they'd win the lottery every week. I prefer to point out that they could also win a Nobel Prize for discovering fundamental physical forces hitherto unknown to science. Either way, why are they wasting their talents doing party turns on television?

By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.”
― Richard Dawkins

“When people complain of your complexity, they fail to remember that they made fun of your simplicity.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“Stupidity is much the same all the world over. A stupid person's notions and feelings may confidently be inferred from those which prevail in the circle by which the person is surrounded. Not so with those whose opinions and feelings are an emanation from their own nature and faculties.”
― John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women

“At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

“The Perfect Way is only difficult for those who pick and choose;
Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear.
Make a hairbreadth difference, and Heaven and Earth are set apart;
If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against.
The struggle between 'for' and 'against' is the mind's worst disease;”
― Jianzhi Sengcan

“In fact, the more each person can remove his or her ego from the discussion and focus on the subject matter, the more fruitful the conversation will be for all involved.”
― Matthew Kelly, The Seven Levels of Intimacy: The Art of Loving and the Joy of Being Loved

“Being open-minded allows us to discern the wellness of vibrations. It lets us experience the depth of unlimited resonance. If we care for resonant relationships, we must simultaneously be coherent and accessible partners. When we want to interact intensely, it must resound in our minds, and mutual messages resonate through our inner world.”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Always hear others out and remain open-minded; the day you think you know everything is the day you have the most yet to learn.”
― A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar

“What comes out of a pure-hearted,
fluently written by an open-minded.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“The words of revelation can only be understood by those who are open-minded and pure-hearted.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Happiness is always on the other side of being teachable.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Discussions, debates and even arguments will be fruitful if done with an open mind.”
― Haresh Sippy

“Sincerely believe that you might not know the best possible path and recognize that your ability to deal well with “not knowingâ€� is more important than whatever it is you do know. Most people make bad decisions because they are so certain that they’re right that they don’t allow themselves to see the better alternatives that exist. Radically open-minded people know that coming up with the right questions and asking other smart people what they think is as important as having all the answers. They understand that you can’t make a great decision without swimming for a while in a state of “not knowing.â€� That is because what exists within the area of “not knowingâ€� is so much greater and more exciting than anything any one of us knows.”
― Ray Dalio, Principles: Life and Work

“Men close their minds
when see a naked truth.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“There are certain moments in life of open-minded people...
which really make them hard not to believe in the existence of heaven.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“The men of pure-hearted and open-minded
feel no worry about running out of new ideas.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“I liked making people laugh, and I decided I was an atheist early on. My Dad was all right with that. We argued about it all the time, but it was good-natured. He was the most open-minded human being I've ever known.”
― Dave Barry

“An open mind can always stand a closed one, if it has to- by making room for it in the general picture [of the world].
But a closed mind cannot stand it near an open one Without risking immediate and complete destruction in it's own terms.
Can I closed mine there's no more room.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, In the Bone

“An open mind can always stand a closed one, if it has to- by making room for it in the general picture [of the world].
But a closed mind cannot stand it near an open one Without risking immediate and complete destruction in it's own terms.
In a closed mind there's no more room.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, In the Bone

“Prasejarah adalah kejadian yang akan dialami oleh pikiran terbuka di masa depan.”
― Toba Beta

“You shouldn't care about how you're seen by shallow-minded people. You should care about how you're seen by open-minded people. People who see situations through your eyes instead of seeing their own life through it.”
― Lorelei Balansa

“Debate as if you’re right but listen in case you’re wrong.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose

“Never assume that another person knows what you know or thinks what you think. We are all unique.”
― Laurence Overmire

“More people would open up about themselves if the kind in humankind meant humans were kind.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Stamerenophobia

“Keep your mind open, just not so open that your brain starts leaking - an empty attic is a primate's olympus.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Keep your mind open, just not so open that your brain starts leaking.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“An empty attic is a primate's olympus.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Anatomy of Conspiracy
(Sonnet 2094-2095)

The biggest conspiracy
in the world is to make people
think that there is a conspiracy,

because when people believe
in conspiracy, they get paranoid,
and a paranoid population is the ideal
consumer for various soothsaying items,

from guns, bombs and nuclear weapons,
to crystals, chemtrails, chakras,
magnets, gemstones, ouija, racial purity,
and plots of land in the afterlife.

Now, some of these items and ideas may be
harmless, others downright villainous,
but they are all part and parcel of
an insecure primate's pursuit for control -
delusional though such control may be.

Conspiracy, superstition, conventional
or newage, it's all about control,
either self-inflicted or institutionalized -
you are searching for order where there
is none, so your brain cooks up one,

just to keep you satisfied - and you
start seeing faces in the clouds,
or patterns in your star charts.

Keep your mind open, just not so open
that your brain starts leaking -
an empty attic is a primate's olympus.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience