Quotes About Understanding

You're a scary woman, the way you know a man's mind.

People are books of a kind, each one a story. Sometimes, with no more than a glance or a gesture or a poignant word, they turn a page for you and reveal a deeper truth about themselves than you've seen before.

In the relationship between humanity and dogs, some mutual destiny existed that had not yet been fulfilled.

Under the final level of apparent chaos, one finds strange order again, and the final level of order is thought." "Thought?

Do not seek truth; merely cease to cherish opinions.

There is an old saying, 'It takes one to know one.' We see in others what we like and don't like in ourselves. If we embrace these parts of ourselves we will be able to see others as they are, not as we see them through our cloud of projection.

I realized I only judged people when they displayed a quality I could not accept in myself.

We project our own shortcomings onto others. We say to others what we should be saying to ourselves.

Love takes something that's difficult and makes it feel so effortless.

Don't make assumptions. Ask and let me explain. Don't decide what you think I feel.

A woman who would make his dreams hers and allow him to be part of hers. One who was kind and gentle. Loving and tender. Sensible.

Pride is important to a man, but it isn't everything. When it comes to the right woman, a man needs to be willing to swallow his ego every now and then.

Love based on shared experiences and friendship is what helps relationships last.

Love means more to me than being sexually compatible. It means being an important part of your life as you'll be in mine. It means encouraging you to be everything you've ever wanted to be, sharing in your triumphs and comforting you in your failures. It means giving you the courage to try again. That's what love is all about.

A successful marriage isn't finding the right person, it's being the right person.

if he'd learned anything in his four-year marriage it was that women were rarely practical when it came to matters of the heart.

Darlene used to say it was a couple's duty to keep their eyes open, their ears open, their hearts open and their mouths shut.

This was the sign of a strong friendship, Nichole thought. They were content to be together without having to chat the whole time.

It's hard when we can't see each other's smiles as we pass

I wish I knew what it is you do to me." She sensed that it troubled him that she could break through that facade of his. She was beginning to understand this man. She was physically handicapped, but Nash was crippled, too. He didn't want love, but he couldn't keep himself from needing it, from caring about her, and that worried him. It worried her, too.

Women are more sensitive than men.

when we fail to be kind and loving, then we fail to be wise.

He's a man, after all. They want to know what they believe they need to know, which is minimal because they are raw, uncivilized, unrefined animals. They talk endlessly about themselves and puff up their chests. Give him the basics, off he goes.

Darlene used to say it was a couple's duty to keep their eyes open, their ears open, their hearts open and their mouths shut." He laughed robustly.