Goldie Hawn Quotes

I have begun to sympathetically understand Paul, though I don't like him much.

Living the life I have lived - being raised by deaf parents, assimilating to a different culture, and the challenges I have faced over time - has given me insight to the fact that each person has their own complex, intricate story, and it's rarely what I suspect it is. We must have compassion and grace for each other. We must.

We should not let our response to the people who disagree with us be dictated by what they say about us or even how they treat people we care for. There has to be a chance that we can find love.

Be kind to dumb people.

It is easier to hate an enemy with much good in him than one who is all bad. We cannot hate those we despise.

There are so many things admirable people do not understand.

I've had that experience of not liking people very much, but having tremendous respect for them.

Respecting differences is very difficult.

The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we've learned about love.

I think it just came with me evolving as a person and me understanding that it's not right to judge or to say anything derogatory about other people, especially if I don't know them.

There would be very little to dislike in other people if we refused to bring to them all of our own judgements and petty grievances.

I'm only going to be the way I'd want someone to react to me.

The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.

Caring - about people, about things, about life - is an act of maturity.

Respect the burden.

Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.

If you really want to be able to express what goes on with other people, you have to be able to look at them and empathize with them and not judge who they are and what they do.

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.

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

I'm fortunate enough to have learned not to waste time getting frustrated with my kids, or co-workers, or friends and family for not doing everything I wish they would. If someone doesn't respond to me the way I want them to, I understand that it doesn't have anything to do with me.

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

What I'm looking for in people now is kindness.

It is notable how little empathy is cultivated or valued in our society. I put this down to our traditional racism and obsessive sectarianism. Even so, one would think that we would be encouraged to project ourselves into the character of someone of a different race or class, if only to be able to control him. But no effort is made.

Love em or leave em; just don’t destroy em.

My mother always taught me to think about things from other people's perspectives and think about where they're coming from.