In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.

We all have at least two sides. The world we live in is a world of opposites. And the trick is to reconcile those opposing things. I've always liked both sides. In order to appreciate one, you have to know the other. The more darkness you can gather up, the more light you can see too.

a real partnership in which all parties help all others to be more fully themselves

I have often been asked to be fair and view a matter from all sides. I did so, hoping something might improve if I viewed all sides of it. But the result was the same. So I went back to viewing things only from one side, which saves me a lot of work and disappointment. For it is comforting to regard something as bad and be able use one’s prejudice as an excuse.

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.

Practice empathy. Try to see things from other people's points of view.

To sit with one another and understand that although you may not always agree, you look beyond right and wrong to try and understand one another.

We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.

Looking at the other person’s point of view and arousing in him an eager want for something is not to be construed as manipulating that person so that he will do something that is only for your benefit and his detriment. Each party should gain from the negotiation.

Good behavior by each party begets good behavior in return.

There are always two sides to every story.

Understanding is a two-way street.

There are always two sides to every story, and it is generally wise, and safe, and charitable, to take the best; and yet there is probably no one way in which persons are so liable to be wrong, as in presuming the worst is true, and in forming and expressing their judgement of others, and of their actions, without waiting till all the truth is known.

Only when diverse perspectives are included, respected, and valued can we start to get a full picture of the world: