Quotes About Understanding

I'm on your side, always, she said. But I remember what it was like to be a sixteen-year-old girl. She's as worried as you are about her relationship with Jake. But she's not admitting it, even to herself, because that would wound her pride. So she resents you for speaking the truth. She has constructed a fragile defense around her self-esteem, and you just tear it down. What should I do? Help her build a better fence.

Ethel had not gone to chapel—there was too much to do in the house. "What did you pray about?" "I asked the Lord to help us understand why He allowed the explosion down the pit." Billy cast a nervous glance at Da, who was not smiling. Da said severely: "Billy might have done better to ask God to strengthen his faith, so that he can believe without understanding.

She had believed that love was something she could bestow upon whomever she liked, and that her main responsibility was to choose cleverly. Now she knew that was all wrong. Cleverness had nothing to do with it, and she had no choice. Love was an earthquake.

The ability to listen to smart people who disagree with you is a rare talent –

capacidad de escuchar a gente inteligente que no está de acuerdo contigo es un talento difícil de encontrar…

daremos clases y nos querremos.

Cómo se pueden obtener soluciones si a nadie se le permite hablar de los problemas?

también —repuso él—. Pero nos habíamos hecho una promesa. —Ya lo sé.

Don't ask!" said Bevin. "If you ask questions, you'll get answers you don't want.

When you know her so well that all her faults and weaknesses are familiar to you, and you still adore her, then you can be sure it's true love

Daisy was in love. She knew, now, that she had never loved anyone before Lloyd. She had never truly loved Boy, though she had been excited by him. She had believed that love was something she could bestow upon whomever she liked, and that her main responsibility was to choose cleverly. Now she knew that was all wrong. Cleverness had nothing to do with it, and she had no choice. Love was an earthquake.

La capacidad de escuchar a gente inteligente que no está de acuerdo contigo es un talento difícil de encontrar… pero un presidente debe tenerlo

Black people who talked about prejudice were boring to whites, like sick people who recited their symptoms.

Mankind is fallible, so we should not rely on our own reasoning. We cannot hope to understand the world - all we can do is stand amazed at God's creation. True knowledge only comes from revelation. We should not question received wisdom.

Saber escutar pessoas inteligentes que discordam das suas opiniões é um talento rato, mas que um presidente deveria ter.

N'importe quel imbécile peut se lancer dans une bagarre, mais le sage sait les éviter.

La dualidad importante era entre tiranía y tolerancia, entre quienes intentaban imponer su punto de vista a todo el mundo y quienes respetaban la fe de aquellos que no estaban de acuerdo

hasta que el asunto se haya aclarado.

No se puede amar a la humanidad. Solo se puede amar a las personas. GRAHAM GREENE

Una de las mejores cualidades de aquél era su habilidad para mantenerse callado cuando debía hacerlo.

down, looking hurt. "Thank you

He had to learn that those who treated him in a hostile way did so out of weakness. He saw the hostility and reacted angrily, instead of seeing the weakness and givin reassurance

Nosotros creemos estar experimentando la austeridad, pero no conocemos el significado de la palabra.

But he had no wish to win an argument with his son. He just wanted the boy to know the truth.