Eric Butterworth Quotes

Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves.

I wanted to write about looking at the world, so it's more about helping people, or persuading people, to see what is around us; both the marvellous and the terrible.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Whoever said love is blind is dead wrong. Love is the only thing that lets us see each other with the remotest accuracy.

One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.

No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.

Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.

O, would some Power give us, To see ourselves as others see us!

The beginning of all wisdom is recognition of facts

I have labored carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions

No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand.

I see myself as a witness to humanity.

Wise is the man who does not disdain any character and instead, examining him with a searching look, plumbs him to the very main-springs of his being.

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.

I believe that if you can discover something of the truth of a person, then you will start to understand, and to understand is to move towards, if not like, then at least an empathy of some kind.

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

Seeing reality for what it is is what we call discernment. The work of discernment is very hard.

If you take a lie and allow your desire for the truth, you'll end up with some truth - not fact, but something that gets you closer to the truth. That's what we want. When we go to a play, we need to be assured that the experience we're having.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

People who do not see the terrible things therefore do not see the beautiful things, either.

Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.

Once you really commence to see things, then you really commence to feel things.

See into life, don't just look at it.

Gray means being open-minded. I always look at the world that way; I'm able to hear both sides of an argument. I don't listen to opera, but I don't think it's good or bad; it's just its own thing. I can completely appreciate it.