Quotes About Understanding

The aim of argument is differing in order to agree; the failure of argument is when you agree to differ.

In order to know the truth it is necessary to desire the truth, especially the truth that you do not know.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.

Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours.

Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.

Even god doesn't propose to judge a man till his last days, why should you and I?

Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn't think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn't bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fish and said: "Wouldn't you like to have that?" Why not use the same common sense when fishing for people?

You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.

I don't want to argue with my wife about her car - or my driving.

Because so large a portion of our fellow human beings articulate their own meaning, purpose, and values through their religions, it is essential that our children know as much as possible about those religions.

We must give ourselves a good hard mental swat every time we feel inclined to mock, sneer, or roll our eyes at those whose beliefs differ from our own. You

I have a secret. And everyone knows it but me.

If what I study won't preach, there is something wrong with the way I study what I study.

Tolerance obviously requires a non-contentious manner of relating toward one another's differences. But tolerance does not require abandoning one's standards or one's opinions on political or public policy choices. Tolerance is a way of reacting to diversity, not a command to insulate it from examination.

Healing blessings come in many ways, each suited to our individual needs, as known to Him who loves us best. Sometimes a 'healing' cures our illness or lifts our burden. But sometimes we are 'healed' by being given strength or understanding or patience to bear the burdens placed upon us.

He couldn't see her face of course but he knew she was smiling.

The airplane said Mr. Hargraves would cut down the distance between nations and peoples. The airplane would be a great instrument in making people understand one another in making people love one another. The airplane said Mr. Hargraves was ushering in a new era of peace and prosperity and mutual understanding. Everyone would be friends said Mr. Hargraves when the airplane knitted the world together so that the people of the world understood each other.

I hope to turn my reader into the quiet person in the corner who, even when no one is telling them anything, sees everything.

Reading is an act of radical empathy: turning the page instead of turning away.

How do you make someone understand what it means or how it feels to be torn in half? Not many people know this desperate need to be put back together again.