Quotes About Understanding

La experiencia lo hizo descubrir el gran poder que las palabras tenían para acercar o alejar a las personas, y que lo importante no era el idioma que se utilizara sino la intención que llevaba el comunicado.

Dicen que el sordo no oye, pero compone. Tal vez Nacha sólo escuchó las palabras que todos callaron.

Un instante de paz donde todo se comprendía, donde todo tenía sentido, aunque no pudiera explicarse con palabras, pues no había lenguaje que lo pueda nombrar.

Los juicios, en definitiva, nos acercan o nos alejan de los otros, y hay que saber hacerlos a un lado para poder captar la verdadera esencia de cualquier persona. Esto suena muy fácil, pero no lo es. (P. 186)

Solo las ollas saben los hervores de su caldo.

Sólo las ollas saben los hervores de su caldo, pero yo adivino los tuyos

Porque solamente alguien que se vacía puede ser llenado de nuevo. En el vacío está la luz del entendimiento.

Perhaps Esperanza sank roots in her mother's womb because she knew beforehand what to expect in this world.

Escapaba a su comprensión el que un ser, independiente del parentesco que pudiera tener con otro, así no más, con la mano en la cintura rechazara de una manera tan brutal una atención.

pero eso no significa que no se le pueda rescatar, sí se puede, pero antes es necesario que uno reconozca cuáles son los hilos invisibles que nos mantienen unidos a los demás. Cuáles son nuestros puntos de unión. Nuestros puntos de contacto. Por lo mismo, Lupita no entendía por

For a man who claimed he didn't have much patience, he'd given her oceans of it. He

He knew you could never teach an animal anything if you struck it, or even shouted at it angrily. He must always be gentle, and quiet, and patient, even when they made mistakes. Star

This is Indian country, isn't it?" Laura said. "What did we come to their country for, if you don't like them?

Almanzo couldn't understand how Father knew that he wasn't looking at the preacher, if Father was looking at the preacher himself. But Father always did know.

One day in the woods he met an Indian. They stood in the wet, cold woods and looked at each other, and they could not talk because they did not know each other's words.

No rule but love between us.

I don't care if you're a bloody Hindu.

Uspješan suživot zahtijeva da se razlike izme?u dvije osobe u najmanju ruku svedu na to?ku me?usobnog toleriranja, premda je taj stupanj ?esto mogu?e dosti?i tek nakon što se volja barem jedne od dviju strana smanji toliko da je njome mogu?e upravljati - otprilike kao kada se tumor izloži golemoj dozi radijacije.

People look, they don't see.

But wasn't that love? Seeing what no one else could?

There will be boys who will tell you you're beautiful, but only a few will see you.

I wanted you to choose this. To choose me. But it isn't always possible for two people to want the same thing. I want you, and that will have to be enough for both of us.

At her very first attempt Agatha had understood – or intuited – that a clue based upon character has double the value.

Agatha, I don't love you merely with the glorious eyes of the blind, but I see you as you are.