N. T. Wright Quotes

If you start with the mindset that you know nothing, you will learn a lot that nobody knew before.

The deadening part of Bible study is when you think you've already got it all figured out.

The pioneering spirit is less about thinking up new ideas, as ridding ourselves of dogmas and habits that hold us captive in thinking.

We need to approach the Bible each day with a spirit of deep humility, recognizing that our understanding of spiritual truth is at best incomplete and to some extent inaccurate ... we should approach the Scriptures in humility and expect the Spirit to humble us even further as we continue being taught by Him from His Word.

The church does not need apologists of its causes nor crusaders of its battles, but sowers humble and confident of the truth, who ... trust of its power

It is never too late to give up our prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however, ancient, can be trusted without proof. ... Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

We all have to open our minds, stretch forth, take chances and venture out musically to try and arrive at something new and different.

I could never divide myself from any man upon the difference of an opinion, or be angry with his judgment for not agreeing with me in that from which perhaps within a few days I should dissent myself.

Creativity in life is about saying yes to new ideas.

Certainty is a closing of the mind. To create something new you must have doubt.

Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.

Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.

I have always lived my life by thriving on opportunity and adventure. Some of the best ideas come out of the blue, and you have to keep an open mind to see their virtue.

You can't discover light, by analyzing the dark.

If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.

Be open to other people's ideas. Don't get arrogant about your ideas. Shoot a lot of options so you're not stuck with just one version of something.

To understand a new idea, break an old habit.

Above all, you must remain open and fresh and alive to any new idea.

Let's think beyond the normal stuff and have an environment where that sort of thinking is encouraged and rewarded and where it's okay to fail as well. Because when you try new things, you try this idea, that idea... well a large number of them are not gonna work, and that has to be okay. If every time somebody comes up with an idea it has to be successful, you're not gonna get people coming up with ideas.

The worst thing is not being wrong, but being sure one is not wrong.

If we have too much clarity, we might not be compelled to continue searching for new ideas.

we are, in this country, more open to new ideas. But we are also, it seems to me, more inclined to hail the new as absolute truth - until the next new comes along.

Do not reject anything because it is new or strange, and do not sneer nor jeer at what comes from the Lord, for if we do, we endanger our salvation.

we can't be creative if we refuse to be confused. Change always starts with confusion; cherished interpretations must dissolve to make way for what's new. Great ideas and inventions miraculously appear in the space of not knowing.

If I use the Bible to prove I am right, I have yet to be humbled by the beautiful truths of the Bible.