Quotes About Understanding

One mustn't lose sight of the hard core, which is, do this, do that, love your friends, like your neighbors, be just, be extravagantly generous, be honest, be tolerant, have courage, have compassion, use your wits and your imagination, understand the world you live in and be on terms with it, don't dramatize and dream and escape. Anyhow that seems to be the pattern.

An empath has a gift for directly experiencing what it is like to be someone else.

If only we all knew! By understanding the personalities, we are able to give words of encouragement to others that are sincere and authentic. We can get to know others, love them in the way they need to be loved, and help bring out their very best, at home, or at work.

Acceptance, she thinks, is the harshest lesson life teaches and the one most important to learn.

The quickest way to a man's heart is through his chest.

To set us on a clear path, it is important to communicate well, at least with ourselves. To know what we want, to know what we mean, and to learn to express ourselves clearly, with as little confusion as possible. If you are confused about yourself, you can expect to be misunderstood by those around you. You have to set your mind straight, and that is a task that no one else can undertake for you.

Not being able to speak is not the same as not having anything to say.

I believe in God and feel his presence, but I am intrigued by John 10: 16: "Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd." Since He sought the rest of the world, how do I know he didn't reach them? He appeared to us in a form we could understand—why not to others within the context of their cultures?

They looked into each other's faces; searching, renewing, re-evaluating. It was as if, without words, Rowena was saying: "I love you, and I have chosen you. There is room in our lives for other people too, now that we are sure of each other.

As no man is beyond God's mercy, so none can be beyond mine[.]

He loved me and didn't want me hurt. What was worse, he didn't even understand that I had the right to be hurt.

Watching the Commander's hands on the bandage, it seemed to Beric more than ever strange and wonderful that Justinius should do this for him, a galley slave; should do it as though he cared. That was the most wonderful thing; not that Justinius should dress his wrist, but that he should do it as though he cared.

she told me that it was okay to be sensitive but that this world wasn't kind to people like me.

one human being is not, and can never be, responsible for another human being's decision to end their own life.

Teddy relied on feelings more than words, and she knew that I wanted out of this life. She knew what was really going on.

Things don't matter, people do

Anything that makes it easier to understand, makes it a little easier to bear.

It's the fragment of your past that explains why you have lived your life the way you have done and made the mistakes that you have made

To encounter anything fully is to touch its absence… from "Letterbox

Look not back in anger, nor forward in fear But around you in awareness.

You understand my idea of a happy marriage is essentially anything that works.

Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers.

only if the past is understood can the future be navigated

Now you know: these skills don't come naturally to all children. We tend to think that all children are created equal in these capacities, and this assumption causes many adults to believe that behaviorally challenging children must not want to do well. Now you know better.