Quotes About Understanding

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone.

Every couple has two stories - the edited one to be shared from the couch and the unabridged version best left alone.

People always get tired of one another. I grow tired of myself whenever I am left alone for ten minutes, and I am certain that I am fonder of myself than anyone can be of another person.

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating with these authors through their sentences helped me.

I think everyone feels alone in their sadness, and there's a certain value to hearing other people's sad stories.

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.

Nobody enjoys the company of others as intensely as someone who usually avoids the company of others.

Compassion can drive us to do amazing things and give us perspective.

My parents were amazing people who had no business being together - and they knew it.

It's the most amazing thing to be able to forgive.

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing — to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience.

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.

In the face of anger, the best response is a burst of tenderness.

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

Anger and anger can not solve any problem.

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.

If the masses feel some anger, we must let them express it.

Compassion is fierce and strong, and it holds people accountable. But it doesn't do it with anger or judgment.

He who doesn't know anger doesn't know anything. He doesn't know the immediate.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Great anger and violence can never build a nation.

Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.