I have lived a long time, and one thing I have come to see is that one is well served by a degree of both humility and charity when judging the inner workings of another person's heart
Interpretation
Understanding others requires humility and compassion.
In this quote, Khaled Hosseini reflects on the importance of approaching the judgments we make about others with a blend of humility and charity. He implies that true understanding of another person's feelings and motives necessitates an awareness of our own limitations and the grace to offer kindness rather than harsh judgment.
In practice
During a team meeting, I quoted this to emphasize the importance of understanding each other's perspectives.
You're gutless. It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you've never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.
There was brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that even time could not break. - Amir
I don't outline at all; I don't find it useful, and I don't like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting the story find its own way.
And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.
Perspective [is] a luxury when your head [is] constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons.
The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.
No one's promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind.
If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.
I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely to be accurate in the details, or the paraphernalia and style. It's in the spirit of it.
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