Don't expect them to fully understand you. They won't: So ? Demonstrate with results what they would not understand with words!

You have to know how other people think before you craft the right kind of response.

Unless you really understand others, you can hardly attain your own self-understanding.

If you want people to listen to you, you have to listen to them. If you hope people will change how they live, you have to know how they live. If you want people to see you, you have to sit down with them eye-to-eye.

Being able to communicate with someone doesn’t necessarily mean that you understand them.

If you want to change the way you feel about people, you have to change the way you treat them.

To know, you just have to know. To believe, you have to make others believe.

I knew the people who worked for me. When you know people, you have to behave towards them like human beings.

Learn to understand others. Most people do not want to understand others, instead wanting others to understand them. This is egotism. We should try to think less of ourselves and more of others. Try to understand others better.

I don’t think you know anyone fully until you know them in relationship to something else or someone else.

Never, ever decide that you know who someone is, what they did, their objective, context or goal, how they feel or what they know, until you ask them. And not asking means a direct investment in not understanding the truth.

Communication is — start by understanding — your own understanding about people. Even though you want them to understand you, you know, it is — unless you understand people, it is almost impossible. Don't you think so? Only when you understand people, they may understand you. So even though you do not say anything, if you understand people there is some communication.

When working with people, assume good intentions.

When listening to people, interpret their words in a generous way.

You will occasionally get burned and mistreated by always assuming the best in others, but it is a far better way to live than the opposite.

Don’t depend on people unless you understand their motivations and you are confident that your interests align with theirs.