Henry Rollins Quotes

The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young.

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.

When you're frustrated with people, when they've made you angry, it just may be because you haven't given them enough time.

Instead of condemning people, let's try to understand them. Let's try to figure out why they do what they do. That's a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness.

I don't know if there's a lot of patience anymore. I think that could serve a lot of people.

Maybe I'll try to be more patient with morons.

We can never truly understand the people we hate; we can never truly hate the people we understand.

Maybe one of you can enlighten me, but I just don't understand why it is so hard to be kind to one another?

The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly.

I guess the older I get, the more understanding and forgiving I've become.

I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.

You become more tolerant when you become older. You're not interested in rapping people over the knuckles; you're interested in understanding them.

I always think you have to show a degree of humanity and sensitivity when you're dealing with people in extreme circumstances.

Teach my children to love! They'll learn to hate on their own.

As far as my mindset changing, I see myself having more empathy in my older age.

If two people live together, one has to be patient, and typically, the other one is very annoying.

In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.

If I had to say something, it would be 'Lighten up. Be cool.' There's just so many buffoons out there.

People are starting to understand the other side's perspective and that's where empathy can sort of begin - once you quit judging other people but just understand where they're coming from.

If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too.

If I could do anything about the way people behave towards each other, I would, but since I can't, I'll stick to animals.

I don’t understand hate. I’ve seen its power. I’ve known its wrath. I’ve even felt it coursing through my veins, pushing me on. But I don’t know where it comes from or why it lasts, how it can take hold in some people and grow.

I've become more empathetic, and my capacity to understand and be patient - to give people a break - has enlarged over the years.

What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.

The key is to learn to respect and honor the complications of other people's lives