Terry Pratchett Quotes

Don't shut down the feedback loop with judgment, rigid beliefs, and prejudices.

Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition.

The real use of imaginative reading is precisely to suspend one's mind in the workings of another sensibility.

You need a strong sense of 'otherness' to be able to create in your life.

I think that in some ways everybody is like Roger. Everybody thinks that when their friends have a problem, that they know the answer and that it's much easier to analyze the problems of other people than your own.

I think many times Christians don't really take the opportunity to hear what people are saying and seeing in the world around them.

What the nation's built on is discussion, contradiction and growth, and at the moment you can't discuss anything. If you do start to discuss it, you get criticized. If people hate us, you have to find out why and try to solve that problem.

I find that quite enjoyable, trying to see the downsides of someone.

The ability and willingness to keep two opposing views in mind at the same time are hallmarks of adulthood.

I think that any channel, whether it's Fox, CNN, or whatever, if they were truly giving a 360-view of what's going on, we would be better equipped to not slap judgments on people we really don't understand.

That's what I love doing - understanding another person's perspective that's really different from mine. To me, it's like an emotional puzzle, trying to figure out the humanity of a character who is very different from myself and why they think the way they do.

The arts are the most uniquely suited to provide young people with critical-thinking skills, problem-solving, teamwork and collaboration, empathy and tolerance and compassion, looking at the other point of views.

There's a difference in being opinionated and judgmental; I'm still trying to figure out what that fine line is - I think we are all.

A love of reading shows empathy, the desire to understand how others live or act or might act - and why.

It's always easier to dismiss other people than to go through the awkward and time consuming process of understanding them.

If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too.

I want to inspire people to really open up their minds and not be one-sided or biased or hypocritical.

Open your minds, my friends. We all fear what we do not understand.

To think justly, we must understand what others mean. To know the value of our thoughts, we must try their effect on other minds.

Above all, the ability to feel the force of an argument apart from the substance it deals with is the strongest weapon against prejudice.

We must learn to outgrow our egos in exchange for constructive dialogue rather than debate. In addition, we must be capable of stating problems and proposing solutions clearly and succinctly, without distortion of meaning or misunderstanding, even when these solutions are radically opposed to accepted norms.

I don't care if it's politics, religion or football. I believe you have to keep opening your mind. And shut your mouth sometimes!

In a conversation, keep in mind that you're more interested in what you have to say than anyone else is.

Travellers with closed minds can tell us little except about themselves

You don't spend most of your life in other people's heads without losing every prejudice you ever had.