Quotes About Understanding

An open heart is an open mind.

Emotion is not opposed to reason. Emotions guide and manage thought in fundamental ways and complement the deficiencies of thinking.

Sight is what you see with your eyes, vision is what you see with your mind.

Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later.

Lack of understanding is always painful.

What's most important in a friendship? Tolerance and loyalty.

In any language it is a struggle to make a sentence say exactly what you mean.

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

Hear the meaning within the word.

After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?

Good thinkers are always in demand. A person who knows how may always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his boss.

True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.

It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawn mower, snowblower and vacuum cleaner.

When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.

No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don't let go of my thoughts-I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.

I have great faith that there's a master plan and that even if we don't understand it and even if it's heartbreaking, there's a reason for everything. And I hold on to that.

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

Compassion is a two way street.

Enlightenment is: absolute cooperation with the inevitable.

If I listen long enough, the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.

More courage is required to forgive than is required to take up arms.

The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts.