505 quotes found
“Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.”
“To know one's self is wisdom but to know one's neighbor is genius.”
“Justice and judgment lie often a world apart.”
“Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.”
“With compassion we see benevolently our own human condition and the condition of our fellow beings. We drop prejudice. We withhold judgment.”
“I know that everyone brings to the work his or her own experiences and background and may interpret the piece like a Rorschach in their own way.”
“A few observations and much reasoning lead to error many observations and a little reasoning to truth.”
“There are no little events in life those we think of no consequence may be full of fate and it is at our own risk if we neglect the acquaintances and opportunities that seem to be casually offere...”
“I believe every person has the ability to achieve something important and with that in mind I regard everyone as special.”
“Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.”
“The fact that we are human beings is infinitely more important than all the peculiarities that distinguish human beings from one another.”
“The sexes in each species of beings . . . are always true equivalents-equals but not identicals.”
“Really listening and suspending one's own judgment is necessary in order to understand other people on their own terms. As we have noted this is a process that requires trust and builds trust.”
“To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.”
“Like snowflakes the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action.”
“Reform is born of need not pity.”
“Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.”
“I am convinced that any feeling of exaltation because we have people under us should be conquered for I am sure that if we enjoy being over people there will be something in our manner which will...”
“Every human being is trying to say something to others. Trying to cry out I am alive notice me! Speak to me! Confirm that I am important that I matter!”
“The Christian tradition was passed on to me as a great rich mixture a bouillabaisse of human imagination and wonder brewed from the richness of individual lives.”
