Quotes About Understanding

Real love is a long apprenticeship.

Do not hate them. They do not know they are evil. They are blind. If you hate them, if you kill them in your heart, they will not die. They will rise up again and again within you, and they will kill your heart.

The majority of men are subjective toward themselves and objective toward all others. Terribly objective sometimes. But the real task is, in fact, to be objective toward oneself and subjective toward all others.'

Charity does not batter down the gates of a wall in the name of love or in the name of a unity that does not yet exist.

Don't they see it? Can't they recognize the temptation?

People don't always understand a lack of patriotism

But returning to our subject", David continued with a smile. "For me, the way to reduce misinterpretation when speaking with another person is to keep before the eyes of my heart a reverence for the mystery within him, his unknown mission, his identity hidden in the mind of the Most High.

None of us hears properly", he went on. "Every one of us is tied up in our inner noise.

A degraded word is a blow to the mind. A true, illuminating word is a seed. The fruitfulness of the seed depends on the soil in which it is planted.

He is interested not so much in imparting information as implanting in us the tools of awareness.

That is where you are wrong, Mr. Zhang. Did you not know that our loss of celestial language is the result of our loss of celestial silence?

Just be aware that rational answers aren't necessarily what we're looking for when we produce our questions.

Man projects his wounds upon the world, my friend. He judges everything

for instinctively he knew that any abiding love would have a cost.

He knew that in a sense he was a word, as Ruth had been a word to this woman by simply being herself. A word of presence—I am with you. I feel your suffering. I hear your cries beneath your smiling face and your statements so calculated to shock. I grieve with you, and I grieve in your place, as you will not allow yourself to grieve, because you think there is nothing beyond grief.

You mean, how have we kept together all these years? With so much to separate us?" "Yes. How did you?" "Well, it wasn't always serene. But many questions do resolve themselves without words. You stand side by side for so long and have other things to fight than each other." Yes, she loved the man, her husband. But still did not know him. At least not with the knowledge of the laboratory. It was an inner kind of knowing maybe, an underdeveloped sense.

Planning to learn means figuring out in advance what the important questions are and how you can best answer them. Few

Remember: simply displaying a genuine desire to learn and understand translates into increased credibility and influence.

Focus, too, on understanding the operating model, planning and performance evaluation systems, and talent management systems, because they often powerfully influence how you can most effectively have an impact.

Transition failures happen because new leaders either misunderstand the essential demands of the situation or lack the skill and flexibility to adapt to them.

This is followed by a meeting with the leader's new direct reports in which they are asked questions such as, What would you like to know about the new leader? What would you like him to know about you? About the business situation? The main findings are then fed back, without attribution, to the new leader. The process ends with a facilitated meeting between the new leader and the direct reports.

As you move to higher levels, however, it becomes increasingly important to get good political counsel and personal advice. Political counselors help you understand the politics of the organization, an understanding that is especially important when you plan to implement change.

To adapt successfully, you need to understand what the culture is overall and how it's manifested in the organization or unit you're joining (because different units may have different subcultures). In doing this, it helps to think of yourself as an anthropologist sent to study a newly discovered civilization.

I'm not looking for the perfect person. I'm looking for the perfect match.