Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

Consciously be sensitive to others, and try to elevate their level of consciousness. Don't do this by being preachy and telling them that they 'should' do this or that. Do it by raising your own level of energy and recognizing what's best in others.

I could be less impatient with people. I sometimes judge by impressions.

I think I've advanced my views with compassion and tolerance.

Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.

My wife Patrice, in addition to being enormously supportive, has taught me a lot about life. She might argue it's because I have so much to learn. One of the most important things I've learned is the art of listening.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

The beauty of social awareness is that a few simple adjustments to what you say can vastly improve your relationships with other people.

I try to be conscious of others, put my best foot forward and show growth. I just try to be my best self - and I think that is the most important thing.

It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.

I believe the best influence you can have is not by being preachy, but by trying to live. For example, knowing you're not perfect, but trying to treat everyone kind and accepting everyone for who they are.

The more you love a person, you more you should respect that person. Encourage her to be the best she can be, and you'll both be happier.

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

In my old age I've come to find that if you respect other people, you feel better about yourself.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

If I meet other people and criticize their weaknesses, I rob myself of higher cognitive power. But if I try to enter deeply and lovingly into another person's good qualities, I gather in that force.

Continuing to listen and grow is important because we get into bad habits in relationships.

The beauty of love, as far as I'm concerned, is it makes you better. It makes you stronger. It gives you direction. It gives you understanding of what life is and what we've been given.

Love is something that we need to learn.

In order for us to appreciate this world, we have to be a bit more honest, and I hope I do that.

Assume the best intent in others around you. You will often be right, and even when you're not, people can rise to your view of them. Not always, but enough that I believe it's worth it.

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

I think everyone has something special. I respect all my opponents. I've learned something from all my fights.

I make sure I'm appreciative and can an encounter the world in a humble way.

I've learned a lot. Being more compassionate.

As I always say, you don't have to love me, but you have to respect that I'm here.