Quotes About Understanding

As soon as I got hold of the teats I could see

I looked again at the dog and saw in his eyes only a calm trust. Some dogs would have barked their heads off and soon been discovered, some would have become terrified and vicious, but this was one of the totally undemanding kind, the kind which had complete faith in people and accepted all their actions without complaint.

But I was beginning to realise that life was not a tidy little parcel at any time.

I thought of the object lesson which I thought he had given me, but in fact it was a lesson of another kind and one which I have never forgotten; that there are countless people like Paul who are not what they seem.

Psychology ideally means giving soul to language and finding language for soul.

This sentence, "I love you," parroted back and forth by child and parent may have a subtext that means many things, but it definitely does not mean love, for when you love someone you are filled with fantasies, ideas, and anxieties.

You cannot judge the importance of things by the noise they make.

And there's another thing, too—it don't hurt when you chip me about it. Thick-skinned and tenderhearted, that's my mixture.

she really did possess a love for humanity, and the further removed humanity was, both in space and time, the more she loved it.

Touchy, no sense of humor, no sense of proportion—that was the matter with them, these new fellows... No sense of proportion. And it was a sense of proportion, above all things, that Brookfield ought to teach

I see," answered Chips, without seeing at all. He could not really understand why a man born in Brooklyn should have a sentimental desire to visit Brookfield: he could not understand why letters should be counted instead of read; he could not understand why a man who wished to avoid publicity should travel around with the kind of luggage that would rivet the attention of every fellow-traveller and railway porter. These things were mysteries.

Beware of someone who doesn't make a simple effort to respect your feelings and needs.

Your partner is not only a partner, their a friend, someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

The thing about marriage is, you end up marrying the one you don't understand. Then you spend the rest of your life trying to.

If I love them. You will carry all their pain, You will protect them from their own insecurity, and know that your life is better for it.

Try walking a mile in my boots, before you judge me.

Damn it, you've got to be kind. " If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

Sometimes the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts.

Everyone will forget what you said, and everyone will forget what you did, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Real love amounts to reaching through the imperfections and taking them as they are.

I believe you are meant to be loved, with a love that was more than love.

Love will make us hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us." Because you can forget everything else except people loving you.

Sometimes I just want to paint the words You're right dear. across my forehead to save Wife the time of saying I told you so...

Listen, unless you are me or in my position. don't ever try to tell me how to feel.