Quotes about Understanding

At the end of the day, we can talk about anything but we have to be respectful.

You have to respectfully listen to advice.

Samir respects me for what I am. I think we get along because we're similar in a way. He's quiet and likes his own space like I do.

In the scriptures, we are told you can't really understand happiness unless you understand sadness. You don't know pleasure if you don't know pain. It's part of life. So can you learn something from somebody who has gone from success to success to success? I don't think so.

I think everyone is the perfect owner.

People have so much pain inside them that they're not even aware of.

My experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.

I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.

Parent and child may both love, but - unbeknown to the child - each party is on a different end of the axis. This is why, in adulthood, when we first long for 'love', what we mean is that we want to 'be loved' as we were once loved by a parent.

By failing to let others be themselves before God and move at their own pace, we inevitably project onto them our own discomfort with their choice to live life differently than we do.

Our wisdom . . . consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.

God has revealed himself to us in his Son, Scripture, creation, and other ways, but so much of who he is remains incomprehensible.