Quotes About Understanding

I mean that most people, whether or not they're married, are lonely inside. They have no one to talk to about their thoughts and emotions. That's what I miss the most.

Quero ver as coisas com olhos novos e formar minha opinião.

Was wissen wir von unseren gegenseitigen Gedanken?

You only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true character!

I shan't mind if you don't, he agreed. But I'll not let you go, Prudence. Til not pester you, but know this: I will wait until you choose to listen to your heart. Pshaw. It was a feeble effort. She took a deep breath and tried again. Humbug! How can you presume to know my heart? He smiled a slow, devastating smile. You are my heart. He lifted her hand and kissed it. And our hearts beat in tune. I know it—I, who used not to believe in such things. And you know it.

Even when no one loves you, there is always someone to love, someone who needs to be loved. Always. You just have to look outside yourself.

women need to hear the words. They don't need the world conquered for them, but they do need a man to speak the words that are in his heart.

women need to hear the words. They don't need the world conquered for them, but they do need a man to speak the words that are in his heart.

Love is a human experience, not a political statement.

Reality is unforgivingly complex.

You can either practice being right or practice being kind

Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back.

because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much.

the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you.

It's better to be kind than to be right.

If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door.

I think that is why we stay close to our families, no matter how neurotic the members, how deeply annoying or dull- because when people have seen you at your worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much.

Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.

The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason they write so very little. But we do. We have so much we want to say and figure out.

Everybody thinks their opinion is the right one. If they didn't, they would get a new one.

To be a good writer, you not only have to write a great deal but you have to care. You do not have to have a complicated moral philosophy. But a writer always tries, I think, to be a part of a solution, to understand a little about life and to pass this on.

Now, if you ask me, what's going on is that we're all up to here in it, and probably the most important thing is that we not yell at one another.

everyone has come to understand that unconditional love is a reality, but with as shelf life of about eight to ten seconds. [p. 110]

Everything slows down when we listen and stop trying to fix the unfixable.