Quotes About Understanding

who says they're all criminals? -he parried- some might actually be innocent. others may need someone to explain them. there are reasons why we become the way we are, which often aren't apparent on the surface of our lives

If someone really interests you, you'll learn about them yourself.

he knew that men were too complex to be defined by the worst moment in their lives

his legacy, if there is one, is that I try to do my best to see people whole, for who they are and what they've been through. especially those who matters to me

Communication is not about the sender or receiver; it's about the sending. And that's done with language.

The real battle of depression is between parts of the self. Depressed people are pulled under by shadows, ghosts, pieces of themselves that they can't integrate and can't let go. The harder they work, the more they do what they know how to do, the worse things get. When their loved ones try to help in the usual ways, the commonsense ways that only seem natural expressions of caring and concern, they get rejected.

On a human level, helping people understand that they have a disease can free them from much of the guilt and self-blame that accompanies depression. They can learn different ways of reacting to stress

When my wife asks what I want for dinner, pasta or chicken, and I say I don't care, what I'm often missing is that she's asking for a little companionship, a little mutual ownership of a decision.

I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.

You know how it always is, every new idea, it takes a generation or two until it becomes obvious that there's no real problem. I cannot define the real problem, but I'm not sure there's no real problem.

Habitability is the characteristic of source code that enables programmers, coders, bug-fixers, and people coming to the code later in its life to understand its construction and intentions and to change it comfortably and confidently.

By learning to let go and to allow the world and fellow human beings to be who and what they truly are, a disciple frees her or himself to love—to the death.

every employee and manager must understand who you are as a company, and what you stand for. They must be true to your brand values and be able to passionately explain them to your prospects and customers.

If you cannot grok the overall structure of a program while taking a shower, e.g., with no external memory aids, you are not ready to code it.

Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.

Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.

The truest grace is not to forgive, but to have never found fault.

I don't think it is as much a human foible as it is a human curse that we cannot understand the beauty of a thing until it is gone.

Geography is my strong subject," Ostin said. "Everything is your strong subject," Taylor said.

Suffering ceases to be suffering when we form a clear picture of it.

Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. That way he can't do anything to you because you're a mile away and you've got his shoes.

Everyone has suffered more than you know.

Everyone can open a book not everyone can appreciate the beauty of the writing.

What a difference having a friend makes.