Quotes about Understanding

A worker must win the hearts and affections of the people before he can do any effective work.

We must work harder to build mutual respect, an attitude of tolerance, with forbearance one for another.

In music I do not look for logic. I am quite intuitive on the whole and know no theories. I never like a work if I cannot intuitively grasp its inner unity (architecture).

The old appeals to racial, sexual and religious chauvinism to rabid nationalist fervor, are beginning not to work.

Especially now when views are becoming more polarized, we must work to understand each other across political, religious and national boundaries.

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.

Never judge a stranger by his clothes.

Our relationships are often harmed when we try to atone for our own sins while condemning the other person for his.

It is easy to forget the impact our words have on every relationship. There has never been a good relationship without good communication. And there has never been a bad relationship that didn't get that way in part because of something that was said.

The fact that our relationships work as well as they do is a sure sign of grace

Human marriage is only an illustration of our union with Christ. God ordained marriage to help us understand what it means to be in relationship with him.

is very aware of the other's sin and working hard to get the other to see it too.