Once you understand what people really want, you can't hate them anymore. You can fear them, but you can't hate them, because you can always find the same desires in your own heart.
Orson Scott Card
Understanding, Hate, Fear, Desire, Human Commonality, Emotional Insight
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“If words can be lethal weapons, I must provide them with an arsenal.” Orson Scott Card
Words, Power, Weaponry, Responsibility, Communication, Influence
Orson Scott Card Words, Power, Weaponry, Responsibility, Communication, Influence“A man who can't read only knows what other folks tell him.” Orson Scott Card
Literacy, Knowledge, Independence, Education, Information, Critical Thinking
Orson Scott Card Literacy, Knowledge, Independence, Education, Information, Critical Thinking“Ender Wiggin isn't a killer. He just wins – thoroughly.” Orson Scott Card
Victory, Morality, Effectiveness, Character, Perception, Unintended Consequences
Orson Scott Card Victory, Morality, Effectiveness, Character, Perception, Unintended Consequences“Sometimes you have to trust people enough to let them succeed and love them enough to let them fail.” Orson Scott Card
Trust, Love, Success, Failure, Personal Growth, Leadership
Orson Scott Card Trust, Love, Success, Failure, Personal Growth, Leadership“But Father has also taught him: Treat a man as if he had a fine reputation to protect, and he will usually endeavor to deserve it.” Orson Scott Card
Reputation, Behavior, Expectation, Human Nature, Wisdom, Social Psychology
Orson Scott Card Reputation, Behavior, Expectation, Human Nature, Wisdom, Social Psychology“Those eyes had seen people weep, and had cared, and had hurt them again anyway. It's a look that no human eyes should ever have.” Orson Scott Card
Empathy, Cruelty, Humanity, Suffering, Moral Complexity, Psychological Trauma
Orson Scott Card Empathy, Cruelty, Humanity, Suffering, Moral Complexity, Psychological Trauma“Some men are great enough that they can love a whole woman, and not just part of her.” Orson Scott Card
Love, Greatness, Wholeness, Acceptance, Romantic Idealism, Emotional Maturity
Orson Scott Card Love, Greatness, Wholeness, Acceptance, Romantic Idealism, Emotional Maturity“I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn't expect it to be a career because I didn't believe there was a way to make money as a playwright without being lucky and I didn't feel particularly lucky.” Orson Scott Card
Playwriting, Career, Luck, Writing, Artistic Journey, Financial Realism
Orson Scott Card Playwriting, Career, Luck, Writing, Artistic Journey, Financial Realism“Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon.” Orson Scott Card
Knowledge, Opinion, Trust, Action, Philosophy, Epistemology
Orson Scott Card Knowledge, Opinion, Trust, Action, Philosophy, Epistemology“So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other.” Orson Scott Card
Communication, War, Misunderstanding, Conflict, Language Barriers, Interpersonal Relations
Orson Scott Card Communication, War, Misunderstanding, Conflict, Language Barriers, Interpersonal Relations“Today, Mr. Darcy is a vampire.” Orson Scott Card
Literature, Adaptation, Pop Culture, Humor, Genre Mixing, Literary Trends
Orson Scott Card Literature, Adaptation, Pop Culture, Humor, Genre Mixing, Literary Trends“Isn't it possible, he wondered, for one person to love another without trying to own each other? Or is that buried so deep in our genes that we can never get it out? Territoriality.” Orson Scott Card
Love, Possession, Relationships, Genetics, Human Nature, Emotional Freedom
Orson Scott Card Love, Possession, Relationships, Genetics, Human Nature, Emotional Freedom“Unfortunately, we live in a time when the media are almost a monoculture.” Orson Scott Card
Media, Diversity, Culture, Criticism, Information, Social Commentary
Orson Scott Card Media, Diversity, Culture, Criticism, Information, Social Commentary“Your trust in rationality makes you irrational.” Orson Scott Card
Rationality, Trust, Irony, Paradox, Logical Fallacy, Self-deception
Orson Scott Card Rationality, Trust, Irony, Paradox, Logical Fallacy, Self-deception“If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the side.” Orson Scott Card
Politics, Manipulation, Power, Voting, Short Sightedness, Animal Metaphor
Orson Scott Card Politics, Manipulation, Power, Voting, Short Sightedness, Animal Metaphor“Make friends. Be a leader. Kiss butts if you have to, but if the other guys despise you-you know what I mean?” Orson Scott Card
Friendship, Leadership, Social Strategy, Pragmatism, Peer Relationships, Survival Advice
Orson Scott Card Friendship, Leadership, Social Strategy, Pragmatism, Peer Relationships, Survival Advice“None of us could be happy for long, doing nothing.” Orson Scott Card
Purpose, Happiness, Activity, Motivation, Human Nature, Existential Need
Orson Scott Card Purpose, Happiness, Activity, Motivation, Human Nature, Existential Need“The story is one that you and I will construct together in your memory. If the story means anything to you at all, then when you remember it afterward, think of it, not as something I created, but rather as something that we made together.” Orson Scott Card
Story, Memory, Collaboration, Meaning, Shared Creation, Reader Engagement
Orson Scott Card Story, Memory, Collaboration, Meaning, Shared Creation, Reader Engagement“The lives of all people flow through time, and, regardless of how brutal one moment may be, how filled with grief or pain or fear, time flows through all lives equally.” Orson Scott Card
Time, Suffering, Equality, Life, Perspective, Philosophical Observation
Orson Scott Card Time, Suffering, Equality, Life, Perspective, Philosophical Observation“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.” Orson Scott Card
Understanding, Enemy, Love, Defeat, Emotional Paradox, Empathetic Insight
Orson Scott Card Understanding, Enemy, Love, Defeat, Emotional Paradox, Empathetic Insight