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I assume that we are all limited by our own brains and experiences and can only understand other people and other creatures through a kind of translation that brings them closer to us.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

If we learn to understand each other, we will have a better understanding of ourselves.

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

Human beings, from their own point of view, are very different than what people see.

We must learn to understand humanity better so that we can create an environment that is more beneficial to people, more rewarding, more pleasant to experience.

I find the closer you get to people, the harder it is to satirise them.

We have to realize only in communication, in real knowledge, in real reaching out, can there be an understanding that there's humanity everywhere, and that's what I'm trying to do.

Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that make us more attractive to others. The more sincerely we acknowledge our need for their different insights and perspectives, the more they will be magnetized to join us.

But what is more, if we have succeeded in adding to the basic understanding of our universe and ourselves, we will have made a contribution to the totality of human culture.