V. S. Naipaul Quotes

To me, the thing love and cinema have in common is that they are about seeing. The greatest act of love you can give to anyone is to see them exactly as they are. That's the greatest act of love because you wash away imperfections.

One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.

I don't always feel seen.

I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.

Humility is truth.

And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.

It's beautiful to have people look me in the eyes and actually treat me like a human.

I have a big thing with eye contact, because I think as soon as you make eye contact with somebody, you see them, and they become valued and worthy.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.

When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic and sympathetic in turn.

Folks want to be listened to, they want to be heard.

Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person they are almost indistinguishable.

Truth comes to us mediated by human love.

I'm flattered anytime someone has taken enough time to listen to me and make a connection to someone else, honestly.

Things I say have value and I would love for you to value them, however you get it.

To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.

I hope that people will get to know me and give me the opportunity to get to know them and just respect what I'm doing because I respect how they feel and their thoughts as well.

To truly feel seen by another person makes you feel so peaceful.

I think what everybody really wants is attention; we just want someone to pay attention to us.

There's a lot of things that I appreciate that people can't appreciate.

Gratitude is one of the greatest gifts we can give. And it's not a gift we often give to children. We expect it of them, but we don't necessarily give it back.

Getting to know people as they are is very, very important.

Great conversations always spark in a genuine interest to recognize and know the other person's story and, therefore, recognizing and understanding and celebrating their humanity.