Quotes About Understanding

Innocence ain't all it's cracked up to be, you know. Innocent little kids rip the wings off flies, because they don't know any better. That's innocence.

One of the greatest ways you can affirm value in another person is by giving them the gift of your undivided attention, the kind of attention that says, "I hear what you are saying because I value who you are." You don't have to agree with someone to show them their value as a person. Listening demonstrates that any person you meet is worthy of your respect and attention.

Slow as your own dubious grace.

back of the other person. Unfortunately, I know a lot of people who are reluctant to do this and/or feel very awkward when

There is an old Latin saying, "Qui docet, discit" (He who teaches, learns). In many

One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already in the mind." Trust

Commandment 3: Learn to recognize and decode nonverbal behaviors that are universal

Commandment 4: Learn to recognize and decode idiosyncratic nonverbal behaviors.

partner, Dr. Watson, "You see, but you do not observe.

situational awareness," which is a sense of where one is at all times; they don't have a solid mental picture of exactly what is going on around them or even in

USING PACIFIERS TO READ PEOPLE MORE EFFECTIVELY

You never have to explain what you don't say.

I got something to say to you, big shot. Say it, then, I said, while I'm used to the drone of your voice. I'd rather not get acclimated again.

Joe Schwarcz

Confusion is that wonderful state right before clarity.

It's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart.

seemed everyone

A severe example is the common modern American phrase "I could care less," which, it turns out, means the same thing as "I couldn't care less.

In his play House master, one character complains of another that "he can translate English into a Greek not spoken in Greece, and Greek into an English not spoken anywhere").

Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved issues inside. They have some major problems, anger, resentment, or some heartache they are trying to cope with or overcome. The last thing they need is for you to make matters worse by responding angrily.

Nicht um meine Sprache zu verlernen, lerne ich andere Sprachen, sondern ich gehe bloß durch fremde Gärten, um für meine Sprache Blumen zu holen.

We see so much that we in fact see nothing, and we know so much that we no longer possess anything that is our own, that is to say, something we could not have learned, something that arises out of the virtues and errors of our own self.

You mustn't hurt him. Let him go

But mind, when he explains anything to you, you won't be able to understand; but don't ask any questions, or else he will go on explaining and you will understand less than ever. Later when you have learnt more and know about things yourself, then you will begin to understand what he meant.