seeing from another's point of view Quotes

She had heard it said that, before you could understand anybody, you needed to walk a mile in their shoes, which did not make a whole lot of sense, because probably AFTER you had walked a mile in their shoes, you would understand that they were chasing you and accusing you of the theft of a pair of shoes--although, of course, you could probably outrun them, owing to their lack of footwear.

Always be willing to look at both sides of the argument. Understanding the other side is the best way to strengthen your own.

It's always interesting to step into the enemy's shoes, and figure out what they're like.

I never had to put myself in somebody else's shoes.

You've seen things through my eyes.

Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

I think that when you put yourself, as actors have to do, in other people's shoes, when you have to put on the costume that someone else has worn in their life, it gets much, much harder to be prejudiced against them and even to be - to not try to look at the world in a sense of "I'm not going to judge somebody. I'm going to try to understand who they are and what they're about."

I think that when you have somebody who really is kind of forced to see the world through someone else's eyes, I think it really is eye opening.

Put yourself in the other man's place and then you will know why he thinks certain things and does certain deeds.