Quotes About Understanding

There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.

Speaking of things robs them of half their terrors.

Their issues are not your issues.

Judgment is harsh and mean and meant to hurt, as if the pain of what we do or say will slap others into our way of believing.

I now understand that our life experiences come forth from our souls and that nothing really happens to us; it all happens for our benefit.

No matter what, "I forgive everyone for everything!

There are those moments when you simply need to be "with" someone, to listen and give her the opportunity to spin all of the chaos out of her mind before you speak or offer advice. When

AS I LEARNED TO FORGIVE MY SISTER, I LEARNED TO FORGIVE MYSELF FOR ALL THE TIMES I DID TO OTHER WOMEN WHAT I THOUGHT SHE HAD DONE TO ME.

We see in one another the things we cannot see or accept about

we really want to see change in the world and find a common, sacred meeting place, we can practice forgiveness rather than against-ness.  

FORGIVENESS SHIFTED MY PERSPECTIVE, MY LIFE, AND THE VITAL SIGNS OF MY FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS.

lived with as men was I able to find, hold, and see them with compassion.

forgive myself; and ask them for forgiveness. More important, I had to see the best in them, no matter what they chose for themselves.

tact is the ability to deal with people sensitively, to avoid giving offense, to have a "feel" for the proper words or responses to a delicate situation.

What is wrong with you " he whispered "that you care so much about me " Blay's sad smile added about a million years to his age lining his face with the kind of knowledge that came only after life kicked you in the nuts a number of times. "What is wrong with you that you can't see why I would

How can I tell her.... His voice broke, and he had to clear his throat. How the fuck can I explain this to her? How can you not. She loves you. Vishous - Butch (re. Jane)(Lover Unleashed)

Perhaps they catch the secrets of our hearts and hold them for us until we are brave enough to give them voice. Pixie Girl is stupid girl.

When we really want to hear, and be heard by, someone we love, we do not go rushing into noisy crowds. Silence is a form of intimacy. That's how we experience it with our friends and lovers. As relationships grow deeper and more intimate, we spend more and more quiet time alone with our lover. We talk in low tones about the things that matter. We do not shout them to each other. We may shout about them to others, but quietness is the hallmark of love.

The simple and most complex answer is love.

Faith is indeed intellectual; it involves an apprehension of certain things as facts; and vain is the modern effort to divorce faith from knowledge. But although faith is intellectual, it is not only intellectual. You cannot have faith without having knowledge; but you will not have faith if you have only knowledge.

Christianity cannot subsist unless men know what Christianity is; and the fair and logical thing is to learn what Christianity is, not from its opponents, but from those who themselves are Christians. That method of procedure would be the only fair method in the case of any movement. [...] Men have abundant opportunity today to learn what can be said against Christianity, and it is only fair that they should also learn something about the thing that is being attacked.

Vielleicht ist es so, dass nur das, was nicht ausgesprochen worden ist, durchlebt werden muss.

Being mindful means that we suspend judgment for a time, set aside our immediate goals for the future, and take in the present moment as it is rather than as we would like it to be.

Sometimes you can't see what the problem is until you go close, until you look deep inside. It's when you look beyond the edge of what you think you know that you can finally arrive at the truth.