#understand

I'm taking inorganic chem and physics not because I want to but because I have to. Not every doctor wants to be a scientist. Some of us just want to take care of sick people. I can't help thinking that medicine is more closely aligned to the humanities than to the sciences. I can't help thinking that I could learn more about being a good doctor from William Shakespeare than I could from Isaac Newton. After all, isn't understanding people at least as important as understanding pathology? ↗

— Michael J. Collins

#medical #medicine #people #science #surgeon

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#wisdom #wisdom

There was something in her eyes that made me trust her. Maybe it was because they held the same cynicism, the same world-weariness I saw in my own every morning when I looked at myself in the mirror. ↗

— Melika Dannese Lux

#kindred-spirits #olga-belododia #partners #realization #recognition

Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#understanding #anxiety

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives. ↗

— Criss Jami

#battle #bias #combat #discernment #disputes

To want to understand is an attempt to recapture something we have lost. ↗

— Peter Høeg

#lost #recapture #understand #snow

An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#artist #emperor #her #his #oppresses

On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level. ↗

— Edward Albert

#forgiveness #global #intimate #level #personal

And frankly, I don't understand - I mean, I'm obviously a card-carrying Democrat - but I can't understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#democrat #except #frankly #i #maybe

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#assimilate #different #different view #information #leader