#under

To learn to see- to accustom the eye to calmness, to patience, and to allow things to come up to it; to defer judgment, and to acquire the habit of approaching and grasping an individual case from all sides. This is the first preparatory schooling of intellectuality. One must not respond immediately to a stimulus; one must acquire a command of the obstructing and isolating instincts. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#intellectualism #reactions #seeing #understanding #judgment

...treat people with understanding when you can, and fake it when you can't until you do understand. ↗

— Kim Harrison

#kindness #understanding #empathy

Apparently, dancing for him and throwing herself at him weren't enough. Apparently, she had to nearly commit murder to arouse him enough to attack her. ↗

— Gena Showalter

#lords-of-the-underworld #romance #seduction #humor

The purpose of life is a life of purpose ↗

— Robert Byrne

#life

It's a kilt, dumbass. It's only a skirt if I'm wearing underwear. ↗

— Damon Suede

#kilt #underwear #humor

Tread the path one has walked, before stoning them! ↗

— Deeba Salim Irfan

#understanding #respect

The growth of my love story had been gradual but my success had always existed and both coupled together formed a deadly combination that was detrimental to our love. I wanted people to love me. She wanted them to leave her alone. ↗

— Faraaz Kazi

#love-story #misunderstandings #sad-love #tragic #love

I have a beard of fog that I wear on misty mornings. It’s not cigarette smoke, but I’d understand if you wanted to shave it off and inhale it. 
 ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#cigarette #fog #funny #humor #inhale

Music helps us understand where we have come from but, more importantly, what has happened to us. ↗

— Simon Van Booy

#music #past #understanding #life

We had so much to say to each other, like we’d been quiet our whole lives until we met. It was as if I had underestimated how hungry I was for a companion, how much I needed to be understood, to be pursued, to be seen and to be reflected in someone’s eyes. ↗

— Kimberly Novosel

#first-love #love #pursued #romance #understood