The deepest hunger of [a child's] human heart is to be understood, for understanding implicitly affirms, validates, recognizes and appreciates the intrinsic worth of another.
To be capable of respect is almost as rare as to be worthy of it.
Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger.
Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.
From the most remote of villages to the largest metropolitan cities, we, as a species, have the same internal need to be seen, heard, and validated. It is the most human of traits that I have witnessed and experienced the world over.
He had risked his freedom and his pride to buy her this, to acknowledge that part of her that everyone else seemed to want to get rid of.
I know and see too well, when not voluntarily blind, the speedy limits opersons called high and worthy.
