Quotes About Understanding

To ask whether they drink because they're isolated or isolated because the rest of the family disapprove of their drinking would be like clapping and trying to decide which hand made the sound—it can only lead to a lot of vain quibbling.

Each individual has his own way of living. Can we not learn to respect one another's chosen way? One makes every effort to live in a dignified and proper manner, without harming anyone else, yet people will carp and cavil and try to tear one down.

I have not the remotest clue what the nature or extent of my neighbor's woes can be.

Nunca conocí la sensación de hambre. Parece una expresión un poco rara, pero aunque tuviera hambre no me daba cuenta.

Podría decirse que todavía no he comprendido lo que mantiene vivo al ser humano.

I find it difficult to understand the kind of human being who lives, or who is sure he can live, purely, happily, serenely while engaging in deceit. Human beings never did teach me that abstruse secret.

La verdad es que no puedo comprender ni imaginar la índole o grado del sufrimiento de los demás. Quizá los sufrimientos de tipo práctico, que puedan mitigarse con una comida, tienen solución y por eso mismo sean los menos dolorosos. O puede tratarse de un infierno eterno en llamas que supere mi larga lista de sufrimientos; pero esto los hace todavía más incomprensibles para mí.

Cuanto más pienso, menos entiendo. Me persigue la inquietud y el miedo de sentirme diferente a todos. Casi no puedo conversar con los que me rodean. No sé qué decir, ni cómo decirlo.

Yes, I know…I am always your friend.

You see, Take-san loves you, Skylark. That's why she cried," she said and squeezed even harder.

Women found in me a man who could keep could keep a love secret.

I find it difficult to understand the kind of human being who lives, or who is sure he can life, purely, happily, serenely while engaged in deceit.

I find it difficult to understand the kind of human being who lives, or who is sure he can live, purely, happily, serenely while engaged in deceit. Human beings never did teach me that abstruse secret.

Ces expressions: « Être aimé », « être adoré », étaient dans mon cas absolument impropres ; « un être dont on s'occupe » eût été beaucoup plus approprié à moi.

Even if someone says nasty things about me, I don't recognize their ill will toward me. I feel thankful that they are forcing themselves to say such difficult things for my sake.

There has never been a single example of love without words in the history of the world. To stay silent because you really love someone is proof of a terribly stubborn complacency.

Love is words. If words were to disappear, then love would be gone as well from this world in the very same instant. It's a huge mistake to think that love can take shape in something other than language.

At that same moment, I became convinced that somewhere another sad and pitiful girl was doing the wash and smiling softly at this very moon.

?nsanlar?n beni sevdi?ini bilsem de, san?r?m onlar? sevme yetene?im yoktu.

The recognition of any reality begins with trust.

I cannot love a woman without smothering her with commentary. Proof that if a man is dumb enough, he can do harm without lifting a finger

Comics are an international language, they can cross boundaries and generations. Comics are a bridge between all cultures.

Think about it. We all have our bits of madness. Don't be too harsh about the madness of others.

Acquaintances are not always friends