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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?

I think the world's always a better place if people are filled with understanding.

I don't know if I can say exactly what I seek in books, but one of them would be to deepen and expand my understanding of the world.

For me, trying to articulate the world to help people see it in a way they haven't seen it before is hugely important. Sometimes, you have to take something that is completely inexplicable and say, 'Look, here is the beating heart of something you must understand.'

Better understanding of the natural world not only enhances all of us as human beings, but can also be harnessed for the better good, leading to improved health and quality of life.

If you want to help somebody, make sure you're coming from a place of clarity and complete non-judgment; that way, you can begin to understand their journey, too.

Literature seems to offer lessons in human nature that help us decode the world around us and be better friends.

I think the best thing you can teach a person is how to learn. And once they discover their own individual approach to that - which is inside all of us - then all of a sudden, they've opened up a door of endless resources.

To know that once you decide to look at life outside of the narrow limits of just your world and start to understand that you can make a difference in very simple ways - in volunteering and all the way up to bigger world problems.

I think it's really important that we understand that we share this world and we're connected to it.