Understanding Quotes

We need a proper understanding of the past to correctly judge the present if we ever are to foretell the future.

God is consistent with his nature and declared purposes in Scripture, but he is not limited to our finite understanding of him or the ways we think he should work.

If science proves facts that conflict with Buddhist understanding, Buddhism must change accordingly. We should always adopt a view that accords with the facts.

I don't have any insight or understanding on anything about the government. All I think is that it's stupid - which is the one perspective that's almost completely lacking in Washington.

The true depth of understanding and maturity as a practitioner is how we apply what we've learned to our lives.

The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.

Sometimes I think too much fuss is made about marriage. Century after century of carnal embracement and we're still no nearer to understanding one another.

Anyone who has gone through great suffering is bound to have a greater sympathy and understanding of the problems of mankind.

This crisis is not just a crisis. Consumers are understanding for the first time that [their] degree of personal happiness doesn't rise past a certain earnings threshold.

A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one design, his affections imperceptibly draw him into another.

Commonplace minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding.

Celibacy and suicide are a similar levels of understanding, suicide and a martyr's death not so by any means, perhaps marriage and a martyr's death.

An ignorant man ages like an ox. His flesh may increase, but not his understanding.

Go forth in every direction- for the happiness, the harmony, the welfare of the many. Offer your heart, the seeds of understanding, like a lamp overturned and re-lit, illuminating the darkness.

A little understanding of "As you sow, so shall you reap" is important, because then you can't blame the condition you're in on anyone else.

Now you know " the crow whispered as it sat on his shoulder. "Now you know why you must live." "Why " Bran said not understanding falling falling. "Because winter is coming.

The constant demands of the heart and the belly can allow man only an incidental indulgence in the pleasures of the eye and the understanding.

What people don't understand, they laugh at.

I will only take something or agree to do something that I feel like I understand, and inherent in understanding is empathy.

Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not.

Building trust is key to discovering and understanding your buyers' motives.

Wisdom is not the understanding of mystery. Wisdom is accepting that mystery is beyond understanding. That's what makes it mystery.

However, no human being - and certainly no man - has the right to define for me what my understanding of God is.

. . . is it to be understood that the principles of the Declaration of Independence bear no relation to half of the human race?

And what excites me most is the type of public, the fact that the Parisian people have a broader cultural understanding than many Americans do.

In spite of recent jazzed-up one-day matches, cricket to be fully appreciated demands leisure, some sunny warm days and an understanding of its finer points.

Good is latent in every living thing and simply needs to be called into active expression through the gracious application of respect, sympathetic understanding, gentleness and love.

Great pain, when it is honored from the heart, opens into great understanding.

The Trouble with liberals is twofold: They have a horrible blind spot with respect to moral principles and they have an abysmal understanding of economic principles.

You can tell when women have a sensibility about, or a sense of bravery or a sense of understanding about their personal style that's outside of what you see from a magazine.

Knowledge is a collective enterprise. Without it understanding is impossible. Ignorance is too often a murderous vulnerability.

Stop creating reports, and start creating understanding.

Complexity is not a cause of confusion. It is a result of it.

In the case of Michael Moore, having a deep, I'd even say passionate, understanding of other types of people in America who might be progressive thinkers without even realizing it.

Understanding does not come through analysis;understanding comes only when the mind is very quite,unburdened,no longer seeking success and therefore being thwarted,afraid of faluire.

Meditation is the process of understanding your own mind.

The intelligence is proved not by ease of learning, but by understanding what we learn.

Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart

Changing your attitude from self-centerdness to understanding requires desire and commitment to always try to see things from the other persons point of view.

We are not distinguished from brutes by our senses, but by our understanding.

My father never permitted anything which I learnt to degenerate into a mere exercise of memory. He strove to make the understanding not only go along with every step of the teaching but...precede it.

Cause even grown men need understanding.

Liberals have difficulty understanding the Tea Party because they think it is a bunch of selfish racists. But I think the Tea Party is driven in large part by concerns about fairness.

Acknowledgement: Understanding and compassion for others and their suffering is the next step. Put yourself in the shoes of people who don't have the luxury of being wasteful.

I'm definitely more understanding of people who have disabilities and who are suffering.

Life in its highest state is understanding.

The eye, the window of the soul, is the chief means whereby the understanding can most fully and abundantly appreciate the infinite works of Nature; and the ear is second.

...dreams were dreams and reality was reality and she felt people were better off understanding the difference.

If we are truly disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, we will reach out with love and understanding to all of our neighbors at all times.

If you want understanding try giving some.