Quotes About Understanding

UGH. Boys. They're like French class--no matter how much I study, I'll never be fluent in the language.

True power is learning how to put others first and not judge a book by its cover, so to speak.

If I don't return, make sure Hercules moves on from all of this," Meg said. "Meg..." Phil swallowed hard. It was the first time he'd called her by her actual name. She tried to put her spinning thoughts into words. "I don't want him wasting his immortality on me. He's a good guy who gives so much of himself. He deserves to have someone do that for him in return. Got it?" Phil looked at her. "Wow, you really do love the guy, don't you?

How was someone supposed to understand something like love?

A few moments later, a group of white birds landed on the steps to watch her. "Hello there!" she said and removed some birdseed from her pocket, laying it on the steps for them to eat. When they were finished, they stayed to watch her work. She didn't mind. It helped to have company, even if they couldn't talk. She found herself talking to them sometimes. True, some might call her mad for conversing with animals, but who was paying attention?

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she reaches over and hugs me. And I actually let her.

maybe who someone really is can be totally different from who you think they are.

You can only win if you know the rules of the game.

The two men hug while Kyle and I observe them in their natural habitat.

I lock eyes with Sasha and know, somehow, that she's thinking the same thing I am; This doesn't feel like an illusion. This feels real.

Sin cuestionarte dónde has estado, nunca entenderás hacia dónde debes ir.

Her mother knew her innermost thoughts. It almost made her want to cry with relief. But she didn't understand what that had to do with their argument.

when the exhaustive exegesis of God's Word doesn't create people transformed into the image of Jesus, we have missed the forest for the trees.

We need to quit trying to be awesome and instead be wise.

Love refuses to deny or dismantle another's perspective simply because I don't share it.

May we show love in big and small ways, and may that love reach people accustomed to being shamed or ignored.

But even if we disagree, perhaps even strongly, it is still possible to hold a civil dialogue where ideas find their way out into the open.

At family gatherings where you suddenly feel homicidal or suicidal, remember that in half of all cases, it's a miracle that this annoying person even lived. Earth is Forgiveness School. You might as well start at the dinner table. That way, you can do this work in comfortable pants.1 — ANNE LAMOTT

God's Word is a place where the by-the-book people and the I-didn't-know-there-was-a-book people can live in harmony.

Love means saying to someone else's story or pain or anger or experience: "I'm listening. Tell me more." Love refuses to deny or dismantle another's perspective simply because I don't share it.

Anytime the rich and poor combine, we should listen to whoever has the least power.

Though I believe math is a tool of the Enemy, I learned enough to know that to accurately find the sum, you add up all the parts.

Tell me more about that. Tell me how your thoughts progressed in this. I appreciate your experience with this. I'm listening. I hear what you are saying. I would love to learn from you. I care about how you feel and your perspective here. I understand that. I identify with that. What do you think of __________? I hadn't thought of it in that way. Thank you for that angle. Let me think about that a bit before I respond. Thanks for your transparency.