Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Carl Jung
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.
Dale Carnegie
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.
Aaron Burr
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
Galileo Galilei
You don’t need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.
Guy Finley
Everyone hears only what he understands.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Kahlil Gibran
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
Marie Curie
Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you’ll see the way to fly.
Richard Bach
You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?
Confucius
Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.
H.H Williams
If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
Lyndon Johnson
A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather what he does not say.
Kahlil Gibran
I’m Henrik Edberg and I live on the west coast of Sweden.
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I always enjoy your inspirational quotes. Thanks for compiling these and I look forward to many more.
Great quotes. Thanks for sharing them.
Thanks. I´m glad you liked the quotes.
Inspiring quotations makes one think about the realities of life in simple words.They give positive energy and provide solution to our problems
Thanks for sharing these words of wisdom with us.Its an attempt that I appericiate
Inspirational words of wisdom.
Rhonda
http://www.inspirationforchange.com
Hi Henrik,
I found your webpage by luck, in the right time of my life, when I really needed to those positive & wisdoms. I just wanted to share this with you and thank you; because you really samved my life
Thank you
After reading these quotes,when I look at the Sun I don’t hate it because of the heat but admire it for it’s beauty…………..
Hi,
The quotes u have compiled, gave a new angle of thought.
Liked the quote about delaying the work :)
Good Work
Keep Going
Thanks
it’s grt 2 read these amazing , simple but true thots….keep up the good work…knowledge is 2 b shared like u doing…m a negative person n so its helpful for me..
thanks
Dear Henrik Edberg,
I have gone through your articles they are really inspiring and also they do work. They surely change lives, if everyone do them with out failing and with consistancy.
I have tried few and i getting results.
You are Really great….
please keep posting….
Nagaraj.K
(India)
i like want dr.jung said ,and i believe that with all my mind