Quote of the Week

Our first reaction to most others statements or opinions is an evaluation or judgment, rather than an understanding of it. It’s time we start to permit ourselves to understand what the meaning of the statement is to the other person.

Martin Luther King Jr.

I thought of this during the whole Chick-fil-A craziness.  Here is another quote I found in Dale Carnegie’s famous book:

Martin Luther King was asked how, as a pacifist, he could be an admirer of Air Force General Daniel “Chappie” James, then the nation’s highest-ranking black officer.  Dr. King replied, “I judge people by their own principles—not by my own.”