Quotes About Understanding

Imagine the possibilities for all of humanity if we simply eliminated prejudice

The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.

when you suspend your pomposity and rigidity, others recognize themselves in your flexible nature, and they'll trust you.

never assume that you know what's best for anyone.

Everything that's happening is supposed to be happening. Even our desire to eradicate the things that we see as unpleasant is part of the Divine plan—that's part of the paradox you have to understand.

Rather than having judgmental thoughts about those whom you regard as separate or different, view others as an extension of yourself.

When you live from the perspective of being able to say, "I don't know for certain, but I'm willing to listen," you become a person whom others identify with.

In all of your relationships, if you can love someone enough to allow them to be exactly what they choose to be—without any expectations or attachments from you—you'll know true peace in your lifetime. True love means you love a person for what they are, not for what you think they should be. This is an open mind—and an absence of attachment.

The ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves, without any insistence that they satisfy you.

if a thought or behavior divides us, it is not of God; if it unites us, it is of God.

I honor the place in you where we are all one.

We cannot know the creator if we're focused exclusively on what's been created.

the effective leader guides others to their own nature.

When you have the choice to be right, or kind, choose kind.

Stop waiting for others to change. Ask yourself why others should be different simply because you would like it better if they were. Recognize that every person has a right to be whatever they choose, even if you irritate yourself about it.

Living by Silent Knowing This is probably the best-known verse of the Tao Te Ching. In fact, the opening two lines ("Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know") are so popular that they've almost become a cliché. Nevertheless

Be a giver of forgiveness

Very few really understand him, however much they may like him.

listen more, allow your viewpoints to be challenged, and bend when necessary

Don't judge yourself or others.

I could think back to my encounters with rules and regulations that didn't seem to make much sense to me, and have empathy for my children's frustrations. I understood as a very young boy that to blindly follow rules just because they're rules is to lose control over your whole life.

One who understands splendor while holding to humility acts in accord with eternal power.

Giving love to others is directly related to how much love you have for yourself.

When you have a choice to be right or to be kind, always pick kind.