#respect

Innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself. ↗

— Joan Didion

#innocence #self-acceptance #respect

Tolerance only for those who agree with you is no tolerance at all. ↗

— Ray Davis

#tolerance #respect

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#already #become #competencies #daily #daily life

It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to love the world, not to despise it, not for us to hate each other, but to be able to regard the world and ourselves and all beings with love, admiration and respect. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#hermann-hesse #love #philosophy #respect #world

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#self-respect #respect

I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you. ↗

— Anthony Bourdain

#disagreement #respect

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#self-respect #respect

Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#morality #morals #respect #respect

Cyber Leader: Daleks, be warned. You have declared war upon the Cybermen. Dalek Sec: This is not war - this is pest control! Cyber Leader: We have five million Cybermen. How many are you? Dalek Sec: Four. Cyber Leader: You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks? Dalek Sec: We would destroy the Cybermen with one Dalek! You superior in only one respect. Cyber Leader: What is that? Dalek Sec: You are better at dying. ↗

— Russell T. Davies

#daleks #doctor-who #respect

When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#respect #respect