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1. “Both were silent, but the very way in which they were silent, in which they were sitting together, was expressive of confidential intimacy; each of them seemed not even to be thinking of his companion, while secretly rejoicing in his presence.”
Ivan Turgenev
Silence, Intimacy, Friendship, Presence, Understanding
16. “All around us lies what we neither understand nor use. Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let us confine ourselves to that till the lesson be learned; let us be completely natural; before we trouble ourselves with the supernatural. I never see any of these things but I long to get away and lie under a green tree and let the wind blow on me. There is marvel and charm enough in that for me.” Margaret Fuller Nature, Understanding, Simplicity, Learning, Serenity
29. “Respect >> Empathy >> Sympathy Sympathy is a form of pity. Empathy is rising above it and thinking at par with someone who is going through. Respect is rising beyond what they are going through, and letting them know that they are doing a beautiful job. No one is useless. Everyone knows something you don’t.” Ankur Warikoo Respect, Empathy, Sympathy, Value, Understanding
42. “To work for better understanding among people, one does not have to be a former president sitting at a fancy conference room table. Peace can be made in the neighborhoods, the living rooms, the playing fields, and the classrooms of our country.” Jimmy Carter Understanding, Peace, Society, Community, Leadership
50. “She said, on another day, “I do think about the individuals involved, all of them and I sometimes wonder what they really felt at certain moments, I think all of them were very courageous people. Each of them displayed some kind of courage in making the changes that they did make.” V.S. Naipaul Courage, Change, Reflection, People, Understanding
Understanding Quotes by Famous Authors
1. “Both were silent, but the very way in which they were silent, in which they were sitting together, was expressive of confidential intimacy; each of them seemed not even to be thinking of his companion, while secretly rejoicing in his presence.”
Ivan Turgenev Silence, Intimacy, Friendship, Presence, Understanding
16. “All around us lies what we neither understand nor use. Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let us confine ourselves to that till the lesson be learned; let us be completely natural; before we trouble ourselves with the supernatural. I never see any of these things but I long to get away and lie under a green tree and let the wind blow on me. There is marvel and charm enough in that for me.”
Margaret Fuller Nature, Understanding, Simplicity, Learning, Serenity
29. “Respect >> Empathy >> Sympathy Sympathy is a form of pity. Empathy is rising above it and thinking at par with someone who is going through. Respect is rising beyond what they are going through, and letting them know that they are doing a beautiful job. No one is useless. Everyone knows something you don’t.”
Ankur Warikoo Respect, Empathy, Sympathy, Value, Understanding
42. “To work for better understanding among people, one does not have to be a former president sitting at a fancy conference room table. Peace can be made in the neighborhoods, the living rooms, the playing fields, and the classrooms of our country.”
Jimmy Carter Understanding, Peace, Society, Community, Leadership
50. “She said, on another day, “I do think about the individuals involved, all of them and I sometimes wonder what they really felt at certain moments, I think all of them were very courageous people. Each of them displayed some kind of courage in making the changes that they did make.”
V.S. Naipaul Courage, Change, Reflection, People, Understanding
