Quotes About Respect

Instead of saying, "That's an ugly shirt. Why are you wearing that?", find one thing you like about it–maybe the color, maybe the way it fits the person, maybe how pressed it is, maybe the texture–then begin with that. You could say, "Cool shirt. What's that about?" The point is to find and focus on the positives, as opposed to the negatives of any situation.

Relationship Questions

sitting, lean forward because it will show that you're listening

Women were created from the rib of man to be beside him, not from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled by him, but from under his arm to be protected by him, near to his heart to be loved by him.

The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.

Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.

Be careful if you make a women cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man's ribs. Not from his feet to be walked on, not from his head to be superior, but from his side to be equal, under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved.

In fact, the more each person can remove his or her ego from the discussion and focus on the subject matter, the more fruitful the conversation will be for all involved.

God does not want to control you, or stifle you, or manipulate you, or force you to do anything you don't want to do. Quite the opposite. God will let you do whatever you want to do, whenever you want to do it, with whomever you want to do it, and as often as you want to do it. When was the last time God stopped you from doing anything?

The fact that creatures cannot act morally toward us in no way diminishes our ability to act morally toward them.

The moral value of any creature belongs to that creature, acknowledged or not, a different value from our own but just as much a hard and living reality. Just as our own individual moral worth does not hinge on the opinion of others, their moral worth does not hinge upon our estimation of them. Whatever it is, it is.

The more we understand about life, in general, the more we value the lives of all creatures. -Paul Johnson, British historian

The more we understand about life, in general, the more we value the lives of all creatures. -Paul Johnson, British historian

Emily interrupted. Don, she said. would you mind going home? He pulled his soft hat violently down over his forehead. I suppose you think that I'm a cad. I just don't think about you. Good-by, Emily said, and closed the door firmly behind him.

Never question the girl who works in the library -Eric

I don't mind bigots. You're allowed to be bigoted, if that makes you happy. Just do it at home. And not around the children.

People can't really sympathize with you properly when you've woken them up

I wish I'd remembered not to use it around other people, because it was kind of our word.

But...he had had a long night, and it seemed a waste to force my story on him when he was half asleep.

You could be naked, you could scream and hang out on the roof, but you do not mess with the place with the books.

Francis knew Dottie Epstein was not at the library. She had seen Dottie hurrying into the woods a few hours before. Dottie was a strange, elusive creature, always squirreling herself away somewhere to read. Francis said nothing, because she didn't particularly like answering questions, and because she respected Dottie's right to hide herself away if she felt like it.

I don't think you would just be treated like a member ofan agency. You'd be treated like an asset. And assets don't get to have lives.

it was not the mockery of malice—it was the laughter of a salute.

His face gave her nothing in answer: it had that look of respectful severity with which a man stands before the fact that the truth is the truth.