Understood Quotes

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What you ain't never understood is that I ain't got nothing, don't own nothing, ain't never really wanted nothing that wasn't for you. There ain't… — Lorraine Hansberry
I haven't a single friend; I must live alone. But well I know that God is nearer to me than to the others of my… — Ludwig van Beethoven
I despise my own hypersensitiveness, which requires so much reassurance. It is certainly abnormal to crave so much to be loved and understood. — Anais Nin
In order to understand, it is immensely important for the person who understands to be located outside the object of his or her creative understandingâ€”in… — Mikhail Bakhtin
I always try to make myself as widely understood as possible; and if I don't succeed, I consider it my own fault. — Dmitri Shostakovich
The language of music is common to all generations and nations; it is understood by everybody, since it is understood with the heart. — Gioachino Rossini
Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct… — Zhuangzi
I wouldn't expect someone who's been injured to hear my side until they felt that I had fully understood the depth of their pain. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
In nonviolent communication, no matter what words others may use to express themselves, we simply listen for their observations, feelings, needs, and requests. Then we… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The Chinese philosopher Chuang-Tzu stated that true empathy requires listening with the whole being: The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing.… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Seek to understand rather than be understood. — Stephen Covey
The most important thing is that we need to be understood. We need someone to be able to listen to us and to understand us.… — Nhat Hanh
We have to understand in order to be of help. We all have pain, but we tend to suppress it, because we don't want it… — Nhat Hanh
How can the intensity of this shame be understood by those who have never experienced it? How can they understand the strength of the motivations… — Didier Eribon
At the bottom of things, most people want to be understood and appreciated. — Gautama Buddha
To me, no painter has ever quite understood the light, the distances, the aboriginal ghostliness of the American West as well as Maynard Dixon. The… — Thomas McGuane
People do not cooperate under the division of labor because they love or should love one another. They cooperate because this best serves their own… — Ludwig von Mises
The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them - when they feel understood by you - that you… — Stephen Covey
Secularism is a religion, a religion that is understood. It has no mysteries, no mumblings, no priests, no ceremonies, no falsehoods, no miracles, and no… — Robert Green Ingersoll
If we are understood, more words are unnecessary; if we are not likely to be understood, they are useless. — Charles II of England

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