Quotes about Understanding

A writer's greatest reward is naming something unnamed that many people are feeling. A writer's greatest punishment is being misunderstood. The same words can do both.

It also reminds me of an organizing principle: Anybody who is experiencing something is more expert in it than the experts.

People before paper; stories before statistics.

Love is wanting what's best for the other person. Romance is wanting the other person.

People who are experiencing a problem are the most likely to know its solution.

I soon learned there was a very Indian habit of asking personal questions.

if you've experience discrimination in one form, you're more likely to recognise it in another.

When people say to me, 'What should I tell my daughter?' I always say: The most important thing is to listen. This is how she learns she has something to say.

True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one's companion.

The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either -- or both -- when needed?

The time has come for us to stand a little taller, to lift our eyes and stretch our minds to a greater comprehension and understanding of the grand millennial mission of this, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Gratitude is the beginning of wisdom. Stated differently, true wisdom cannot be obtained unless it is built on a foundation of true humility and gratitude.