American author, philosopher
Those listening for what they want to hear are pacified. Those available for what they need to hear are improved. – Alan Robert Neal
Conversations and relationships fail whenever someone thinks that being right is more important than what is right. – Alan Robert Neal
If you’re disagreeing with a friend with whom you normally agree, and the topic relates to your issue, the odds are in favor of your friend being right. – Alan Robert Neal
Thanks to political correctness, we have gone from recognizing shades of gray (respecting the simultaneous legitimacy of multiple perspectives), past black-or-white (which purports that one position is 100% correct while the other is 100% wrong), to now a single color (which punishes anyone who believes there even is another point of view). – Alan Robert Neal
People who negotiate relationships with the phrase “If you love me, you would [fill in the blank],” never genuinely experience any of the love they’re offered. – Alan Robert Neal
We cannot accurately assess ourselves based solely on our own perceptions. – Alan Robert Neal
If you’re a walking statement in how you speak, dress, and demand attention, the message you’re conveying is that you’re not enough. – Alan Robert Neal
The older you get, the less you begrudge performing life’s daily redundancies, and the more you appreciate that you still can. – Alan Robert Neal
The benefit of not being in control is being free of the burden to be right. – Alan Robert Neal
Give up the notion that any single event or accomplishment leads to lifelong happiness. – Alan Robert Neal
More times than not, reality doesn’t care what I think. – Alan Robert Neal
The sad consequence of staunchly advocating someone’s emotional health is that when they’re not up to the task of fighting their demons, they treat you as the disease. – Alan Robert Neal
People who make the biggest fuss about what, when and how you tell them something are the least likely to hear it anyhow. – Alan Robert Neal
She kept returning to her internal well of common sense, but not only was it dry, it was never a well. – Alan Robert Neal
The more you protest something as unfair, the more you should realize your opinion doesn’t matter to those about whom you’re complaining. – Alan Robert Neal
People who say they want “abundance” do not truly appreciate what they already have. They only pretend they do as a strategy for getting more. – Alan Robert Neal
Her gaudy attire proclaimed that she was unencumbered by vanity (or taste), even though her need for public declaration was just another form of self-absorption. – Alan Robert Neal
He campaigned against the alleged faults of others as a concealment of his own. – Alan Robert Neal
When you wrong another, you don’t get to vote on their response. – Alan Robert Neal
I don’t know what it’s like to be on the receiving end of my own handshake, to look into my eyes, or to hear my voice. We can only know how we are perceived by asking others. – Alan Robert Neal
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