Closed-minded people are more likely to make statements than ask questions.

He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.

The person who is certain is most closed to learning, most vulnerable to dogma, and most likely to be blindsided and overtaken by innovators.

People rarely appreciate their ignorance, because they lock themselves inside an echo chamber of like-minded friends and self-confirming news feeds, where their beliefs are constantly reinforced and seldom challenged.3

People who don't think shouldn't talk.

Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.

The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems.

There are certain segments of society that will never lend an ear to a new idea. They squat in a certain place and will not budge from it. They will find many reasons to maintain a way of life that is comfortable to them. They’ll cling to old religions; they’ll fasten with the grip of death on ethics that were dead, without their knowing it, centuries before; they will embrace a logic that can be blown over with a breath, still claiming it is sacrosanct.

The truth you believe in and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

For the most part people are not curious except about themselves.

If we are open only to discoveries which will accord with what we know already, we may as well stay shut.

Do not share your thoughts with people who think that what you are thinking is not worth thinking.

Most people who believe they are meditating are merely thinking with their eyes closed.

It is that same fear, the fear of ostracism that causes people to conform
and not question commonly accepted opinions or popular trends.