Quotes About Understanding

It is usually easier to see what lies on the surface of a person rather than taking the time and attention to delve deeper. ~ Lord John "Jack" Byron

I do think I'll put in a good word about Gillian with some of the ladies I know here in Town. She shouldn't be made to suffer just because you and I do not get along with her parents." Gabriel smiled. "You have far too tender a heart, my heart. Forever trying to help others. If only Gillian knew she has a new champion in you." "I shall know." Esme moved into his arms as the music began. "Sometimes just knowing is more than enough.

We say very little, for we do not need to. We are silent together, each in her own world, knowing the other is just at her back.

Jane Austen easily used half a page describing someone else's eyes; she would not appreciate summarizing her reading tastes in ten titles.

One paradigm is shared by the largest community of all: the human race. This is the paradigm that I call the Universal Human Paradigm. It is a "master" paradigm, by which I mean that all other paradigms held by people are subsets of it.

Train yourself to "listen for" requests and promises, rather than for assessments and assertions.

In any case, when a woman doesn't want to breastfeed, we need to support her and we need to stop heaping on the guilt. We also have to stop using the word commitment only in connection with breastfeeding. Any kind of feeding regimen takes commitment.

Is it strange to say love is a language Few practice, but all, or near all speak?

We saw to the edge of all there is - So brutal and alive it seemed to comprehend us back.

This is why I love poems: they require me to sit still, listen deeply, and imagine putting myself in someone else's unfamiliar shoes. The world I return to when the poem is over seems fuller and more comprehensible as a result.

So many people, he thought, don't listen to the content of what you say but only to the noises you make.

BARBARA: Johnna . . . what did my father say to you? (Pause.) JOHNNA: He talked a lot about his daughters . . . his three daughters, and his granddaughter. That was his joy. BARBARA: Thank you. That makes me feel better. Knowing that you can lie.

IVY: This isn't whimsy. This isn't fleeting. This is unlike anything I've ever felt, for anybody. Charles and I have something rare, and extraordinary, something very few people ever have. KAREN: Which is what? IVY: Understanding.

I deal with my sons like young men. If they have a problem with something, they come to me. I am the type of dad that will drop everything I am doing for them, and always tell them to talk to me about it.

From the Dzogchen point of view, that does not mean that one's relative concept of ego is something to get rid of. The practitioner needs to understand it for what it is. The ego exists only on the relative level and does not have real inherent existence. After becoming enlightened, the aspect of the relative existence of ego is still there, not changed.

To attain enlightenment, according to Dzogchen, is not to go beyond the conditioned mind as much as knowing and understanding that the conditioned aspect is a manifestation of the unconditioned.

Emotional intelligence is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships.

Self-awareness is the process of getting to know yourself from the inside out and the outside in.

Emotions serve an important purpose—they clue you into things that you'll never understand if you don't take the time to ask yourself why.

The secret to winning this culture game is to treat others how they want to be treated, not how you would want to be treated.

People high in self-awareness are remarkably clear in their understanding of what they do well, what motivates and satisfies them, and which people and situations push their buttons.

Social awareness is your ability to accurately pick up on emotions in other people and understand what is really going on with them.

Guys can't tell girls what to do. That's an unspoken rule. Learn that now and you'll be way ahead of the game.

I've been working on my relationship with my parents and my sister over the years.