"Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves"
- Willa Cather
About this Quote
This quote speaks with the intricacy of human relationships and also exactly how we can often fast to evaluate others without making the effort to comprehend them. It suggests that also those we have done not like for a long period of time can surprise us with a solitary statement that reveals a different side to them. It implies that we are all uncertain, puzzled, as well as at night somehow, and that we must take the time to look past our initial impacts of individuals. It motivates us to be extra unbiased as well as to identify that every person has their own struggles and insecurities. Ultimately, it advises us that we are all human and that we should strive to be even more understanding and caring in the direction of one another.
This quote is written / told by Willa Cather between December 7, 1873 and April 24, 1947. She was a famous Author from USA.
The author also have 31 other quotes.
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"The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos"
"When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses"
