Quotes About Understanding

The way I remember it the tribe got paid some huge amount. That's what they said to him. He said, What can you pay for the way a man lives? He said, What can you pay for the way a man is? They didn't understand.

He had come to life for maybe a minute to try to tell us something, something none of us cared to listen to or tried to understand, and the effort had drained him dry.

To know a thing you have to trust what you know, and all that you know, and as far as you know in whatever direction your knowing drags you.

And crying doesn't always mean need

The secret of being a top-notch con man is being able to know what the mark wants, and how to make him think he's getting it. I

making it more than what it is lessens it. Just to see it clear is plenty.

I've thought of everything, know what I mean?

To know a thing you have to trust what you know, and all that you know, and as far as you know in whatever direction your knowing drags you. I once had a pet pine squirrel named Omar who lived in the cotton secret

Senki se egy nagy csoda, és mégis az van, hogy mindenki a másik rágásával-szapulásával tölti a java életét.

He said, What can you pay for the way a man lives? He said, What can you pay for what a man is? They didn't understand.

I didn't say it didn't make sense, Chief – I just said it was talking crazy.

Si-aproape ca zaresc masinaria din ei preluand cuvintele pe care tocmai le-am rostit si-incercand sa le potriveasca ici sau colo, intr-un loc sau altul, si cand constata ca acele cuvinte n-au un loc dinainte stabilit unde sa se aseze, masinaria din ei se leapada de cuvinte de parca nici n-ar fi fost rostite.

Mi-a zis ca un om care-a tacut atata amar de vreme avea pesemne multe de spus, dupa care se intinse la loc pe perna si astepta. Eu ma straduii un minut sa-i zic ceva, dar singurele lucruri care-mi venira in minte erau din acelea pe care un om nu le poate spune altuia in cuvinte.

Nadie se queja de la niebla. Ahora ya sé por qué: aunque resulte molesta, permite hundirse en ella y sentirse seguro. Es lo que McMurphy no comprende, que queramos estar seguros. Sigue intentando hacernos salir de la niebla, ponernos al descubierto, donde sería fácil atraparnos.

Es posible que no comprendiera por qué seguíamos sin poder reír, pero sabía que es imposible ser fuerte si se es incapaz de ver el lado cómico de las cosas. De hecho, se esforzaba tanto por encontrarle ese lado cómico a la vida que empezaba a preguntarme si estaría ciego a su otro aspecto, si tal vez era incapaz de comprender por qué la risa se nos atravesaba en el estómago.

Rany, nawet chinscy komunisci niejednego by sie mogli od siostry nauczyc!

Un uomo, dopo essere rimasto zitto a lungo come me, soggiunse, probabilmente aveva parecchie cose da dire, e si appoggiò al guanciale e aspettò. Riflettei per un minuto cercando qualcosa da dirgli, ma la sola cosa che mi venne in mente era una di quelle cose che un uomo non può dire a un altro uomo, perché tradotta in parola suona falsa.

He had come to life for maybe a minute to try to tell us something, something none of us cared to listen or understand, and the effort had drained him dry.

Jealousy is the lock that closes your heart, understanding is the key that opens it.

Before you judge someone, imagine what the world looks like through their eyes.

the Many returning to and embracing the One is Good, and is known as wisdom; the One returning to and embracing the Many is Goodness, and is known as compassion.

Suffering is not just "negative"; it is a bond through which we all touch each other. Suffering, truly, is the first grace. Dear

The only way I could discover how to help someone was by listening. Only when I heard what they were trying to say could I get a sense of what they needed, of the issues they were confronting at that time, of the kind of help that would really help at that specific moment.

And Habermas: mutual understanding in unrestrained communicative action unfolded by rationality is the omega point of individual and social evolution itself.