Quotes about Understanding
We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.
— Desmond Tutu
Don't ever let them pull you down so low as to hate them. (also cited as: I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.)
— Booker T. Washington
There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.
— Pope John Paul II
And so this is Xmas for black and for white, for yellow and red, let's stop all the fight.
— John Lennon
He who cherishes the value of cultures cannot fail to be a pacifist.
— Albert Einstein
Not everyone who has made peace with God has realized the peace of God.
— Vance Havner
You don't fight for peace sister,' Nahara told me, 'You embrace it.
— Alice Hoffman
I think that Nature meant kindly when she made our brothers few. However, my voice is still for peace.
— Henry David Thoreau
Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, long after our votes have been tallied.
— Barack Obama
Forgiveness is a feeling.
— Deepak Chopra
Don't give me the peace that passeth understanding, give me understanding.
— Helen Keller
Listening to what people in other countries are saying and trying to understand how they perceive their place in the world is essential to a future of peace and security at home and abroad.
— Hillary Clinton