Openheartedness Quotes

“When you find love, keep it. When you have love, give it.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, These Words Pour Like Rain

“Being openhearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being. But it is not enough. People need social skills. We talk about the importance of “relationships,” “community,” “friendship,” “social connection,” but these words are too abstract. The real act of, say, building a friendship or creating a community involves performing a series of small, concrete social actions well: disagreeing without poisoning the relationship; revealing vulnerability at the appropriate pace; being a good listener; knowing how to end a conversation gracefully; knowing how to ask for and offer forgiveness; knowing how to let someone down without breaking their heart; knowing how to sit with someone who is suffering; knowing how to host a gathering where everyone feels embraced; knowing how to see things from another’s point of view.”
― David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

“The depth of your sincerity and openheartedness are the most relevant factors in meditation for spiritual development.”
― Benjamin W. Decker, Meditations on Christ: A 5-Minute Guided Journal for Christians

“The world is undergoing a kind of nervous breakdown. The reason the world is coming apart is that it needs an openhearted and truthful concept of Divinity.”
― Laurence Galian, Beyond Duality: The Art of Transcendence