Quotes about Understanding

Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love

You deserve very little credit for being what you are—and remember, the people who come to you irritated, bigoted, unreasoning, deserve very little discredit for being what they are. Feel sorry for the poor devils. Pity them. Sympathize with them. Say to yourself: "There, but for the grace of God, go I.

Begin by emphasizing—and keep on emphasizing—the things on which you agree. Keep emphasizing, if possible, that you are both striving for the same end and that your only difference is one of method and not of purpose.

Principle 9 - Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.

I act as the tongue of you, ... tied in your mouth . . . . in mine it begins to be loosened.

Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves, As souls only understand souls.

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.

I do not ask who you are, that is not important to me,   You can do nothing and be nothing but what I will infold you.

Lack one lacks both, and the unseen is proved by the seen, Till that becomes unseen and receives proof in its turn.

Agonies are one of my changes of garments; I do not ask the wounded person how he feels . . . . I myself become the wounded person, My hurt turns livid upon me as I lean on a cane and observe.

I am he who walks the States with a barb'd tongue, questioning every one I meet

You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, You shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself.