Pema Chodron
Buddhist Teacher, Author
"Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well."
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Openness
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Alan Watts
Philosopher, Writer
"Faith is, above all, openness; an act of trust in the unknown."
Bruce Lee
Martial Artist, Actor, Director
"Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment."
Heraclitus
Philosopher
"Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire."
Alan Watts
Philosopher, Writer
"Faith is a state of openness or trust."
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"Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent"
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"What I'm most excited about is that there's an openness to a shift, and I do think that there's a shift happening."
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"Joy and openness come from our own contented heart."
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"If there isn't an emanation of love and joy, complete presence and openness toward all beings, then it is not enlightenment."
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"...you need openness and inability to do anything other than get to the point."
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"He who listens to truth is not less than he who utters truth."
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