Quotes About Understanding

Being that can be understood is language.

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.

Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.

Keep the other person's well being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on.

The important thing is not the camera but the eye.

If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. And I do it with adults now.

Genius is knowing to stay silent as others demonstrate their ignorance.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

Age is no guarantee of maturity.

As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.

Forgiveness does not mean excusing.

At the end of the day, love and compassion will win.

We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.

You must not hate those who do wrong or harmful things; but with compassion, you must do what you can to stop them — for they are harming themselves, as well as those who suffer from their actions.

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.

Be a good listener...It makes the person who's speaking to you feel loved,cared for and worthy of being heard.

Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood.

Tact is the art of convincing people that they know more than you do.

Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything.

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph.

The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue.

It is better to know how to learn than to know.