Just as we tend to assume that the world is as we see it, we naively suppose that people are as we imagine them to be.
Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. You will be amazed at how your whole approach to a person or problem becomes very different.
Once we have found ourselves, we must understand how from time to time to lose--and then to find--ourselves once again: assuming,that is, that we are thinkers. For a thinker it is a drawback to be bound to a single person all the time.
Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t.
Christianity does not set faith against thinking. It sets faith against assuming.
If you have problems in your life, don’t assume there is something wrong with you.
To assume the gospel in one generation is to lose it in the next.
If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.
Casting the locals is my primary concern because all the other things you assume will be manageable.
Now all politicians assume a necessity of control, the more efficient the control the better.
Don't assume a parable narrates something that actually happened. Recognize that apocalyptic is filled with symbols. Expect a lot of metaphors in poetry. Don't treat a proverb as an exception-less absolute.
If we hope and even assume that the social question will be answered through communism, and not in this or that country but in the world, any thought of centralization must be a monstrosity.
Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent.
Assuming you can write clear English sentences, give up all worry about communication. If you want to communicate, use the telephone.
I can't stand callow amateurs who aren't sufficiently interested in the craft of advertising to assume the posture of students.
People just assume that if you're famous, you're in Hollywood.
We can be civil to each other, and we can try to express ourselves acknowledging that we're all patriots, we're all Americans, and not assume the absolute worst in people's motives.
Assuming that his talent can survive the increasing strain, there is one scarcely avoidable danger that lies ahead of the pupil on his road to mastery.
In varying degrees, the authority of the dharma was replaced by the authority of the guru, who came, in some traditions, to assume the role of the Buddha himself.
Experience teaches us not to assume that the obvious is clearly understood