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Quotes About Understanding

One must have the humility and the imagination to honor all deep human experiences - not least those one has never come near to sharing.
~ Rosamond Lehmann
Tolerance, inter-cultural dialogue and respect for diversity are more essential than ever in a world where peoples are becoming more and more closely interconnected.
~ Kofi Annan
It's difficult to love someone you don't respect, which is hard to remember when you're having an argument.
~ Mehmet Oz
Aren't you getting tired of people hating one another? What do they think they get out of it?
~ Roger Ebert
Respect doesn't come without a little resentment.
~ Neal Shusterman, UnWholly
But when two people feel something, they ought to respect that enough to figure it out
~ Nora Roberts, The Witness
It was through the Hindu religion that I learnt to respect Christianity and Islam.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
That was an important thing to learn - the more preparation you do the more a subject will respect you. But also, the more you'll think about what the real story is.
~ Ron Rosenbaum
Pain doesn't respect age, my lady.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
I respect religion and will respect any religion.
~ Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Respect...is appreciation of the separateness of the other person, of the ways in which he or she is unique.
~ Annie Gottlieb
Most people are terribly afraid of their own sexuality, and one has to respect another person's sadhana, another person's path.
~ Frederick Lenz
Whether you're religious or not, there is a real need for other people's religious positions to be treated with the upmost respect.
~ Robert Winston
Sometimes family members will ask to be kept out of certain things that I'm writing, and I try to respect that. I'd much rather have relatives than a book.
~ Edwidge Danticat
Mutual respect among everyone for one another and for one another's rights is an absolute prerequisite for peace.
~ Ryan Miller
We should respect all people.
~ Helen Keller
An appreciation of animals is good for a human, it can lead to a better understanding and respect for all living things.
~ Henry Rollins
If you really want a true confrontation, you treat your opponent with respect.
~ Henry Rollins
I just have a respect for my audience. That seems to be pretty logical.
~ Thomas Jane
To the old our mouths are always partly closed; we must swallow our obvious retorts and listen. They sit above our heads, on life's raised dais, and appeal at once to our respect and pity.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
If you can get conservatives to sit down for 20 minutes and listen to you on drug policy reform you might have a good chance to - if not convert them - at least respect your opinion.
~ Rick Steves
I respect the fact that Donald Trump always listens. It's how he was in business. It's how he is as president.
~ Ivanka Trump
If you don't respect each other and let it lie, it can be embarrassing or really frustrating.
~ Jenny Slate
We have the deepest respect and reverence for Islam and all who share the faith of Islam.
~ Jimmy Carter