Quotes about Understanding

The rule of thumb is that if someone is able to be verbally or physically abusive, he or she is able to understand that the behavior is wrong.

The essence of justice is mercy.

Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors.

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

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.