Inspirational Quotes on Openness

“It would be better to be deceived a hundred times than to live a life of suspicion.”

“Wealth is a relational barrier. It keeps us from having open relationships.”

“The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like a tree in the wind, he has no destination in view and makes use of anything life happens to bring his way.”

“Stella says the name for the house where she and Ms. Havisham live is Stasis, Greek, or Latin, or Hebrew, or all three to dub the domicile Enough House. In a healthy soul, this might mean contentment. Or, in seeing what we have as Enough, this can mean we are not open to vulnerability, generosity, or dependence on those who might threaten our Stasis.”

“I don't want to know anything. I am not curious!”

“He knew more of my intended career than I knew myself. I should be well enough educated for my destiny if I could "hold my own" with average young man in prosperous circumstances.”

“Every blossoming flower warns you that it is time to seek the Lord; be not out of tune with nature, but let your heart bud and bloom with holy desires.”

“The miserable man was a man of that confined stolidity of mind that he could not discuss my prospects without having me before him.”

“Wonder at God's merciful love is a very practical emotion. Holy wonder will lead you to grateful worship and heartfelt thanksgiving. It will cause within you godly watchfulness; you will be afraid to sin against such a love as this.”

“He couldn't be a doctor, or he would have a quieter and more persuasive manner.”

“Although the author dealt some of John Bunyan's conclusions in spiritualizing the details of Solomon's Temple, he attributes to Bunyan a "consecrated ingenuity".”

“Theology must have the character of a living procession.”

“Watch for subjects as you go but the city or the country. Keep your eyes and ears open, and you will hear and see angels.”

“In nature, golden illustrations lie upon the surface.”

“It would be very difficult to draw a line between holy wonder and real worship; for when the soul is overwhelmed with the majesty of God's glory, though it may not express itself in song, or even utter its voice with bowed head in humble prayer, yet it silently adores.”

“I found myself with a perseverance worthy of a much better cause.”