Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quotes

A mind should not be so open that the brains fall out; however, it should not be so closed that whatever gray matter which does reside may not be reached.

I think the open mind is the one that's reachable.

My mind is always free. My mind is flexible.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

If you never change your mind, why have one?

I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.

I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.

I think if someone is writing continuously for 10 years and has not changed their mind about something - there's something wrong with them. They're not really thinking.

I think intelligence basically can be in a way defined by the possibility of having two opposite ideas living together and at the same time functioning. That's why I think a smart script has two things living in the same place, and they're absolutely contradictory.

To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position.

It's very hard for all of us, when we've committed ourselves to a particular interpretation, to change our minds.

As children know, there's lots of fun in nonsense. We never stop benefiting from staying flexible, open and responsive, even in the midst of confusion.

We cherish right and we cherish left, but more important, we cherish when you are able to use the whole mind that you were born with.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. That's what you have to do: you have to be confident in your potential and aware of your inexperience.

I reserve the right to think many different things and to change my mind and to even be wrong.

I think I'm constantly surprised that adults can't deal with illogical things or thing that are weird or psychedelic. I've never really lost that.

So curiosity, I think, is a really important aspect of staying young or youthful.

You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time.

As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.

I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability to hold the maximum of impossible combinations in one's mind.

I am mentally bifocal.

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.

The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.