You pity the fool because you don’t want to beat up a fool! You know, pity is between sorry and mercy. See, if you pity him, you know, you won’t have to beat him up. So that’s why I say fools, you gotta give another chance because they don’t know no better. That’s why I pity them!

Many people find the universe confusing – it’s not.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

I’m entirely interested in people, and also other creatures and beings, but especially in people, and I tend to read them by emotional field more than anything. So I have a special interest in what they’re thinking and who they are and who’s hiding behind those eyes and how did he get there, and what’s the story, really?

A good thing to remember is somebody’s got it a lot worse than we do.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

If you believe in science, like I do, you believe that there are certain laws that are always obeyed.

To love someone means to see him as God intended him.

See things from the boy’s point of view.

Without forgiveness, there’s no future.

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.

If you have the chance to be exposed to a loving, understanding environment where the seed of compassion, loving kindness, can be watered every day, then you become a more loving person.

The design of the Mac wasn’t what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it’s all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it.

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

I’m convinced that no one can amount to a damn in the arts if he becomes sweetly reasonable, seeing all sides of a picture, forgiving all sins.

Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face nothing new under the sun.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Breathe in deeply to bring your mind home to your body. Then look at, or think of, the person triggering this emotion: With mindfulness, you can see that she is unhappy, that she is suffering. You can see her wrong perceptions. You can see that she is not beautiful when she says things that are unkind.

I think if you follow anyone home, whether they live in Houston or London, and you sit at their dinner table and talk to them about their mother who has cancer or their child who is struggling in school, and their fears about watching their lives go by, I think we’re all the same.

Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.

When I write, it’s like choosing which shoes I’m going to put on. More often than not, my lyrics are personal – but I sometimes have to put myself in other people’s shoes.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

A psychoneurosis must be understood, ultimately, as the suffering of a soul which has not discovered its meaning.

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say it’s like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

To add value to others, one must first value others.

The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the community he cannot tear himself away from. That is why true artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge.

We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.

A person hears only what they understand.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‚If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?‘ But… the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‚If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?‘

Forgiveness is not a one-time thing that happened the day you received Christ. It is an everyday thing, for the rest of your life.

I’m not generally a sensitive person, but I tend to be more sensitive toward others and what they’re going through. I don’t know if that’s the healthiest thing, but it’s the truth.

I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.

You hear about actors being late and all that sort of stuff, but you never find that with an actor who’s directed, because an actor who’s directed understands all the problems your production is going through.

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?

What one fool can understand, another can.

In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.

It’s a tragedy, in a way, that Americans are brought up to think that they cannot feel for other people and other beings just because they are different. They think they’re different. It’s very limiting.

We just cannot worry about ourselves.

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

I love reading people. I really enjoy watching, observing, and being able to figure out a person, the reason they wore that dress, the reason they smell the way they do.

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.

I don’t have a problem with Hulk Hogan. People say things and do things, and who am I to judge?

People have me pinned as a shark or a predator in some way, and in no way am I that. I wouldn’t want to hurt anyone. I want to defend people. I want to help people.

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.

I actually feel like women in my position, when we have all at our disposal to help us, shouldn’t complain when we consider all of the people who are really struggling and don’t have the means or support. Many people are single, raising children. That’s hard.

As a blind man has no idea of colors, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

I’ve 20,000 hours of clinical practice; you’re not naive after the first few thousand. I’ve helped people deal with things that most people can’t imagine.