Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to read more

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into read more

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Understanding is curing ignorance and curing ignorance is abolishing fear.

Understanding is curing ignorance and curing ignorance is abolishing fear.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.