Fear puts an end to openness of manner; fear leads to concealment; fear sows the seed of much hypocrisy, and leads to many a lie.

My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.

Baseball is a sport that demands respect for tradition and an openness to innovation

I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I’m actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.

Abilene possessed greater vision, perhaps because it possessed little else.

The fact that California was the most cosmopolitan state in the union, as a result of the gold rush, simply made white voters more susceptible to racist and xenophobic arguments.

Andrew Carnegie was an inventor only in the sense that he adopted and adapted the discoveries of others.

My spiritual goal is to one day walk into God and disappear.

The meaning of life is found in openness to being and “being present” in full awareness.

To allow yourself to play with another person is no small risk. It means allowing yourself to be open, to be exposed, to be hurt.

You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope

There is not a truth existing which I fear… or would wish unknown to the whole world.

Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path

Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.

Don’t be afraid to be vulnerable and open up about your struggles. It can inspire others and help them feel less alone.

I love the way I look. I’m fine with it. And if my body changes, I’ll be fine with that.

In order for innovation to happen, a bunch of things that aren’t happening on closed platforms need to occur. Valve wouldn’t exist today without the PC, or Epic, or Zynga, or Google. They all wouldn’t have existed without the openness of the platform.

You never know when the next opportunity will come, so always be ready for it.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Unlike the gold which needed nothing, and must be worshipped in close-locked solitude—which was hidden away from the daylight, was deaf to the song of birds, and started to no human tones—Eppie was a creature of endless claims and ever-growing desires, seeking and loving sunshine, and living sounds, and living movements; making trial of everything, with trust in new joy, and stirring the human kindness in all eyes that looked on her.

No one is ever more him/herself than when they really laugh. Their defenses are down. It’s very Zen-like, that moment. They are completely open.

In America, anyone can become president. That’s the problem.