Clarissa Ward Quotes

Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.

Tolerance is an acquired taste. It is not innate. You build tolerance.

I just want to be more willing to listen to many people and be cautious about what I'm doing.

I'd never presume to understand what it's like to be in a community I've never been a part of, but I can show up, listen and learn.

Travelers learn not just foreign customs and curious cuisines and unfamiliar beliefs and novel forms of government. They learn, if they are lucky, humility.

I think I've advanced my views with compassion and tolerance.

I don't go to different countries to criticise their political system and tell them what they should be doing - what do I know?

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

To overcome adverse circumstances, you have to learn to overcome your own hang-ups, values, and idiosyncrasies in order to value other people, cultures, and ideas.

Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.

I think 'growing up' would mean that you are incredibly tolerant and easygoing, liked everything, curious about the world because you weren't so egotistically driven.

I just try to try to keep an attitude that I don't know what I'm doing. Not to the point where I'm beating myself up, but I just go in thinking that I have a lot to learn. And I hope I still have that attitude 30 years from now.

Rather than knowing more, I think I've got more open-minded.

I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work.

A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.

I am not so enamored of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them

A certain degree of intellectual humility is a good thing.

My mother's openness has remained inspiring to me. I strive to be a skeptic, in the best sense of that word: I question everything, and yet I'm open to everything. And I don't have immovable beliefs. My values shift and grow with my experiences - and as my context changes, so does what I believe.

What I do is I always try to educate myself about my neighbors, about the people I meet.

I am always open to new ideas, but you can't always be right.

Patience for me is a big thing. Patience with others. Patience with the way the world is evolving. I have a sense of urgency because I want to help out so much.

One of my strengths over the years is to be open-minded.

I have learnt three things from Barry John which are applicable to life, too: Don't expect anything from another actor, one shouldn't judge, and one shouldn't block things.

As long as I keep it real, I learn something from everyone. And when you view yourself as a student and not as somebody who's bigger, there is still learning that can be done every day, and that keeps you open-minded and more ready to learn about life and love.