Knowing Quotes
In Zen, actions speak louder than words. Doing is more important than knowing, and knowledge which cannot be translated into action is of little worth.
For lust of knowing what should not be known, we take the Golden Road to Samarkand.
I had the pleasure of knowing Ronald Reagan before he became Governor of California. He was a truly great human being and we usually spent our time together reminiscing about mutual friends.
What knowing the Mother means above all is daring to put love into action. The Mother herself is love-in-action, love acting everywhere and in everything to make creation possible.
People almost always do great things without knowing how to do them, and are quite surprised to have done them.
Into this universe, and why not knowing Nor whence, like water willy-nilly flowing; And out of it, as wind along the wate, I know not whither, willy-nilly blowing.
Knowing another is endless,' Shepherd had written; 'The thing to be known grows with the knowing.
They are enlightened who join in this play knowing it as play, for people suffer only because they take as serious what the gods made for fun.
Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than at rest, since at rest they may be sitting in the balance without knowing it, being weighed together with their sins.
Knowing your deepest intention can be your guiding force in the creation of a better life.
It is important to say all the great thoughts again, without knowing that they have already been said.
Knowing what I know now and what I have been through, would I do it the same? I look at the alternative - a very simple life. It would have been nice to have a simple life.
It may not be too late, whatever happens, if our President, Lyndon Johnson, knew the truth from me. But if I am eliminated, there won't be any way of knowing.
The patient person accepts a certain amount of failure knowing that it is as important a thread in the fabric of life as is success. Great individuals make great successes out of failure.
There’s nothing more emotional than looking out at an audience and knowing they’re there because they understand.
Spiritual growth requires the development of inner knowing and inner authority. It requires the heart, not the intellect.
Not-knowing is true knowledge. Presuming to know is a disease. First realize that you are sick; then you can move toward health.
Work is most fulfilling when you're at the comfortable, exciting edge of not quite knowing what you are doing.
Opening to the power of intention, you begin knowing that conception, birth and death are all natural aspects of the energy field of creation.
Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.
The physician himself, if sick, actually calls in another physician, knowing that he cannot reason correctly if required to judge his own condition while suffering.
It's not just philosophy, not just words; it's knowing how the mind functions; only then can you develop loving-kindness; only then can you become a spiritual person.
You see, you learn from all your bad experiences, so they're really positive. It's all part of the cosmic knowing.
Living is struggling to do something impossible; To succeed or die, knowing that you had tried.
You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate.
No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound and knowing the music business the way I do - all I can say is, my career has lasted way longer than I expected.
The answers we seek aren't always the answers we want, are they? But knowing the truth is what helps us sleep at night.
You and I have spoken all these words, but for the way we have to go,words are no preparation. I have one small drop of knowing in my soul. Let it dissolve in your ocean
There are strong people who aren't able to climb. It's about reading the rock, knowing how to position your body and having the tenacity to not let go.
There are things we want, and things we may have.... Sanity lies in knowing the difference.
If you hate something thoroughly without knowing why, you can be sure there is something of it in your own nature.
I love summertime more than anything else in the world. That is the only thing that gets me through the winter, knowing that summer is going to be there.
Congress should fund research on the effects that violent video games have on young minds... We don't benefit from ignorance. We don't benefit from not knowing the science.
Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and communicating everything that can be humanly experienced and felt.
Heaven is more than a destination; it is a motivation. Knowing that we shall dwell in the heavenly city ought to make a difference in our lives here and now.
Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest.
As touching the gods, I do not know whether they exist or not, nor how they are featured; for there is much to prevent our knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life.