Quotes on Interacting With Others

Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.

When men abandon reason, physical force becomes their only means of dealing with one another and of settling disagreements.

A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.

There is no denying that consideration of others is worthwhile and that our happiness is inextricably bound up with the happiness of others. There is no denying that if society suffers, we ourselves suffer, and the more our hearts and minds are afflicted with ill-will, the more miserable we become. We can reject religion, ideology, received wisdom, but we cannot escape the need for love and compassion.

We must delight in each other, make others conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always having before our eyes our commission and community in the work, our community as members of the same body.

Speak your heart. If they don't understand, the message was never meant for them anyway.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Stop waiting for others to change. Recognize that every person has the right to be whatever they choose-even if you irritate yourself about it.

When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.

Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

It was strange to see someone you have only known alone begin interacting with other people, for that somebody known to you disappears and is replaced by a different, more complex, person. You watch him revolve in this new company, revealing new facets, and there is nothing you can do but hope you like these other sides as much as you like the side that seemed whole when it faced only you.

Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal. The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. We are all hungry for this other silence. It is hard to find. In its presence we can remember something beyond the moment, a strength on which to build a life. Silence is a place of great power and healing.

If we were good at everything we would have no need for each other.

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.