Orson Scott Card Quotes

I believe that having an open mind is one of the most important qualities we can possess. Once our minds close, we stop evolving.

I never stop making sure that what I say is the best of what could be said about a particular thing. It's a constant evolution. If I planted a tree one way yesterday, and somebody tells me of a better way to plant a tree, I think, 'You know, they're right, that's better.' Then I change my way to accommodate the new way of planting trees.

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

You learn if you mind stay open. And once you can't learn no more, your mind must be closed. Life goes on and you keep growing, you know?

Only stupid people don't change their minds.

I learnt to always keep my mind open to new ideas and looked at each new assignment as an opportunity to learn and prove myself.

I can change my mind and can learn other things. And anything I don't know, I'm capable of learning if I so desire or if it's necessary.

A man learns all his life and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything.

I used to think, 'Everything's okay, or will be. I'll go on with this stance.' But after the World Cup, I was open to everything: if someone suggested a change in my technique I felt could work for me, I was willing to give it a try.

No matter how much you know, you can always learn more and be a good listener.

The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.

In order to learn, one must change one's mind.

Change your mind about something significant every day.

Being right keeps you in place, being wrong forces you to explore.

I try my best to learn from other people's mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.

People who were right a lot of the time were people who often changed their minds.

Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.

Don't take criticism personally; take from it what's useful. Apply it and move on to something better.

If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

I studied to be a lawyer, and after that I did something, obviously, completely different. With change, you learn something. If you do the same thing over and over again, you never learn anything.

The willingness to keep learning is, I think, the most important thing about trying to be good at anything. You never want to stop learning.

As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser.