Quotes About Understanding

Ive always wondered if people who block each other from expressing their opinions do so because they have so little confidence in their own. To me, encountering an opposing point of view is a chance to gain a deeper understanding of the issues at stake... and develop my own point of view. But the first thing youve got to do is youve got to let people speak and youve got to listen. And thats what the first amendment is all about. Thats what really distinguishes this country from others.

When you come in to court as a plaintiff or as a defendant, it is terribly important that you look up at the bench and feel that that person represents you and will understand you, that that person is reflective of our community and of our society.

We sometimes enjoy people's presence most when we register their absence.

Why are we angry? We are angry because we had our heart broken.

In every pang that rends the heart The Man of Sorrows has a part.

he has never learned the difference between an adjective and an adverb.

Encapsulation is important, but the reason why it is important is more important. Encapsulation helps us reason about our code.

As the amount of code in a project grows, it gradually surpasses understanding. The amount of time it takes to figure out what to change just keeps increasing.

I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.

For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart.

She hadn't really known Box; it turned out perhaps she hadn't really known Vivian, either. Maybe nobody really knew anybody.

Love had to be deeper than that, than a glance over tea, which was indicative but not dispositive.

She'd spent enough time trying to read the tea leaves of his heart.

True friends define each other.

Let's let go of the illusion that hesed can be reduced to one English "literal" word and instead see it as a key that can open a door into an entire world—the world of God's own heart, the world of loving

It is always so simple, and so complicating, to accept an apology.

The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.

People always have an opinion. Doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong, but we have to respect their opinion.

He [Harry Bosch] defined good company not by the conversation but by the lack of it. When there was no need to talk to feel comfortable, that was the right company

Literal interpretation without context is not only dangerous but contrary to what the Bible teaches.

I have no useful theories about love and marriage.

He insists on a version of you that is funnier, stranger, more eccentric and profound than you suspect yourself to be--capable of doing more good and more harm in the world than you've ever imagined--it is all but impossible not to believe, at least in his presence and a while after you've left him, that he alone sees through your essence, weighs your true qualities . . . and appreciates you more fully than anyone else ever has.

St. John of the Cross: "Where there is no love, put love, and you will find love.

Who can refuse the hand of the All Powerful One who abases Himself to the most unworthy of His creatures? How happy I am, my dear sister! I have been captured in the loving nets of the divine Fisherman. I would like to make you understand this happiness.