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  • I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

    "Wisdom of a forefather" by Colorado State University, February 11, 2009.
  • The best that can be said for anybody is probably that you misunderstood him favorably.

  • Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

  • It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.

    Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.64, Shambhala Publications
  • There is no wisdom without mastery over the mystery of our internal world, the world that opens the door to understanding others.

  • Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver.

    "You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation". Book by Deborah Tannen, www.newyorker.com. 1990.
  • When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

    Ernest Hemingway (2014). “By-Line Ernest Hemingway: Selected Articles and Dispatches of Four Decades”, p.199, Simon and Schuster
  • Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength.

    Laozi (1990). “Tao Te Ching: The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way”, Bantam
  • To sense when a teenager needs understanding and when misunderstanding is a difficult and delicate task. The sad truth is that no matter how wise we are, we cannot be right for any length of time in our teenagers' eyes.

    Wise   Teenager   Eye  
  • It takes longer for man to find out man than any other creature that is made.

    Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”
  • Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.

    "The Great Gatsby". Book by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925.
  • I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of the reviewer, because it introduced me to new cuisines and to the idea of cooking as a mechanism for studying other cultures and understanding other parts of the world.

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • We must start understanding other cultures, such as the Aboriginal culture. They have a harmony with the Earth and from that harmony has grown a certain spirituality.

  • It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

    United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1962). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”
  • You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

    Harold Bloom, Harper Lee (2010). “Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird”, p.81, Infobase Publishing
  • If our brain is understanding some parts of the universe and not understanding other parts, and those understandings are about the laws of physics that our brains are built on top of, then it's kind of a loop, right?

    Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
  • In the novel we can know people perfectly, and, apart from the general pleasure of reading, we can find here a compensation for their dimness in life.

    E. M. Forster (2010). “Aspects of the Novel”, p.98, RosettaBooks
  • Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

  • Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.

    "Be Happy Now: Simple Steps for Enjoying Life". Book by Laura Barrette Shannon, p. 96, March 27, 2012.
  • Although we human adults are really good at understanding other minds, we weren't always that way. It takes children a long time to break into the system.

    "How Do We Know What Other People Are Thinking?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. February 20, 2015.
  • We like to read others but we do not like to be read.

  • Each of us really understands in others only those feelings he is capable of producing himself.

  • Let us assume that entertainment is the sole end of reading; even so I think you would hold that no mental employment is so broadening to the sympathies or so enlightening to the understanding. Other pursuits belong not to all times, all ages, all conditions; but this gives stimulus to our youth and diversion to our old age; this adds a charm to success, and offers a haven of consolation to failure. Through the night-watches, on all our journeyings, and in our hours of ease, it is our unfailing companion.

  • The improvement of the understanding is for two ends; first, for our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver and make out that knowledge to others.

    "The works of John Locke. To which is added the life of the author and a collection of several of his pieces, publ. by mr. Desmaizeaux".
  • Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

    Carl Gustav Jung (1973). “Memories, dreams, reflections”, Random House Inc
  • Mediocre theoretical physicists make no progress. They spend all their time understanding other people's progress.

    "Brought to book" by Andrew Smith, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2001.
  • When it comes to understanding others, we rarely tax our imaginations.

  • If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

    Carl Gustav Jung, Herbert Read, Gerhard Adler (1970). “Mysterium coniunctionis”
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