176 Quotes About Understanding-others

We are far more revealing by the questions we ask than the answers we give. Answer briefly to sense where their questions are heading.

The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.

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

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

To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.

It is quite clear that between love and understanding there is a very close link...He who loves understands, and he who understands loves. One who feels understood feels loved, and one who feels loved feels sure of being understood.

When it comes to understanding others, we rarely tax our imaginations.

And that might just be the root of the problem: we’re all afraid of each other.

It's important, no doubt, to understand the person we love. If we cannot manage this, it's necessary, at least, to believe we understand them. I must confess that over the entire eight years I only rarely enjoyed the contentment of the second possibility, let alone the first.