Maybe if people stopped thinking of themselves, and started thinking of the other sides of things, people wouldn't hurt each other.
If people were really naked and everyone knew what each other was thinking, everyone would probably just laugh... or they'd lock each other up.
I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.
I feel like there is just as much violent programming in other countries and there is not the same incidence of factors. I think there are other factors contributing to violence in this country and not the media.
When you truly give up trying to be whole through others, you end up receiving what you always wanted from others.
What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody's beliefs, we evaluate their reasons.
Perfection is real. It occurs when you find that other part of you, that other person, that when combined you become one, perfect being.
As publishers focus on blockbusters, they steadily lose interest in little-known authors from other countries.
It seems to me that the poet has only to perceive that which others do not perceive, to look deeper than others look. And the mathematician must do the same thing.
Today, the people are governing the governments. And when they begin to talk to each other, they are surprised, they can be friends. Why should we hate each other?
I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.
Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them.
I like to be other people, not me. And when you're on the red carpet, it's like, 'Here's Tom Hardy.' I don't want to be me. That's why I play other people.
It's a disappointment to lose key players. On the other hand it creates an opportunity to play other players.
I've always sort of admired and respected one's ability to be comfortable with other people's discomfort or, you know, their being comfortable making other people uncomfortable.
The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods.
I consider myself West African, among other cultural identities, and a writer, among other creative ones.
Actors don't listen to each other. You're so obsessed with what you're saying or doing that the other person could be talking in Swahili and you wouldn't know.
A 'human right' is, by definition, timeless. It cannot adhere to some societies and not others, at some times and not at other times.
Friends don't get jealous of each other or begrudge the other for finding success. They celebrate every victory together.
I can do something physically the other guy can't. I know the other guy has not dedicated himself the way I did.
