Quotes about Understanding

We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably

There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

As a people, I am afraid, we tend too often to brush aside with impatience, sometimes with discourtesy, customs and points of view which are alien to us.

The danger lies in the possibility that we will not accept the person as he is but try to make him over according to our own ideas.

I learned something which has stood me in good stead many times—the most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.

If you care enough about certain things and work for them, I think you are bound to find them in the people you are with.

In this world, no one is all knowing, and therefore, all of us need both love and charity.

The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind

We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every person a universe with its own secrets, with its own treasures, with its own sources of anguish, and with some measure of triumph.