Michel Houellebecq Quotes

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

If something comes that it is so extreme that you have difficulty thinking of it as a good thing, don't think of it as a good thing and kid yourself. To the extent that you can, don't label it a bad thing. Refusing to label something a bad thing opens you up to possibilities you would not have even considered otherwise.

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.

It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.

It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none. Therefore it will have to decide to combine both.

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.

People's minds can change very quickly.

I prefer to listen to people who change their mind now and then.

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

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.

It is much easier to modify an opinion if one has not already persuasively declared it.

It's perfectly healthy-encouraged, even- to have an idea tomorrow that contradicted your idea today

If a person is open to a new world view, it can often mean that he is not firmly rooted in the reality of the old world view; as a lunatic or alienated artist, his own neurotic traits can become magnified as they tremble with the new energy pouring in from the universal source.

People do have a - people, unlike politicians, are allowed to change their minds. People are allowed to look back and say, you know what, all things considered, I don't think that was the smart move.

In the mind of the beginner, there are many possibilities. In the mind of the expert there are few.

Every one of us gets to find our way, hopefully surrounded by love, but we still have to pick out our own way through the land mines of life. By accepting this and relinquishing control, there's just extraordinary beauty.

It's only a thought, and a thought can be changed. I am not limited by any past thinking. I choose my thoughts with care. I constantly have new insights and new ways of looking at my world. I am willing to change and grow.

Minds, like parachutes, only function when they are open.

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

Only feeble minds are paralyzed by facts.

Change your mind about something significant every day.

I try to leave some space in my mind for things to surprise me or change my mind, I think that's important.

As you get older, you get stuck in your ways; just as you become stiffer physically, you also become stiffer mentally and more narrow-minded unless you make a conscious effort to keep yourself flexible.

Seeking means admitting that you do not know. Once you have cleared your slate, truth can imprint itself upon it.

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