Quotes about understanding
understanding ignorant dominion
Be not under the dominion of thine own will; it is the vice of the ignorant, who vainly presume on their own understanding. Miguel de Cervantes
understanding impossible capable
If a person cannot foresee the consequences of his act, and is not capable of understanding what he is told about its outcome by those with more experience, it is impossible for him to guide his act intelligently. In such a state, every act is alike to him. John Dewey
understanding bending restless
This will of Stirner's, this restless probing of all given knowledge, this endless questioning, and the continuous bending towards new understanding, ... John Carroll
understanding majesty splendor
The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it.. We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor. John Calvin
understanding attention belief
Being, belief and reason are pure relations, which cannot be dealt with absolutely, and are not things but pure scholastic concepts, signs for understanding, not for worshipping, aids to awaken our attention, not to fetter it. Johann Georg Hamann
understanding favour flaws
I'm in favour of politicians having extra-marital relationships. Oh yeah. It makes them more understanding of the flaws that the rest of us have. Joe Klein
understanding suffering would-be
Horror was rooted in sympathy . . . in understanding what it would be like to suffer the worst. Joe Hill
understanding pesticides used
My understanding has always been that if there is any indication that pesticides are harmful, that they would not be allowed to be used. George Deukmejian
understanding therapy
There is no better therapy than understanding. Jimmy Piersall
understanding brutes distinguished
We are not distinguished from brutes by our senses, but by our understanding. John Flavel
understanding mystery infinite
For the infinite glorious Creator of all things, to become a creature, is a mystery exceeding all human understanding.
understanding obscurity advantage
Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. Lionel Trilling
understanding fundamentals done
Language is one of the fundamental principles of human understanding. It is the way we interact with each other and how we grasp the world we live in. Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done. Linus Torvalds
understanding conflict
Understanding the nature of conflict leads to peace. Lester B. Pearson
understanding may reign
Sexual chaos reigns currently, but out of chaos may flow true understanding and harmony, and either way Elvis almost singlehandedly opened the floodgates. Lester Bangs
understanding important exploration
Empirical explorations ultimately change our understanding of which questions are important and fruitful and which are not. Lawrence M. Krauss
understanding evidence lack-of-understanding
The lack of understanding of something is not evidence for God. It's evidence of a lack of understanding.
understanding mystery overrated
Mystery is underrated, and understanding is overrated. Larry McMurtry
understanding lines different
There is in us all that line that prevents us from fully understanding those who are different. Leon Uris
understanding mind mythology
When your mind is simply trapped by the image out there so that you never make the reference to yourself, you have misread the image. Joseph Campbell
understanding benefits facts
In point of fact, no conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; for it is always possible to say that the experimental results are not reliable or that the discrepancies which are asserted to exist between the experimental results and the theory are only apparent and that they will disappear with the advance of our understanding. If you insist on strict proof (or strict disproof) in the empirical sciences, you will never benefit from experience, and never learn from it how wrong you are. Karl Popper
understanding
I thank you for nothing, because I understand nothing. John Lyly
understanding life-is human-life
I feel now at 53 I have grown into a deeper understanding of what a human life is. John Lennon
understanding looks way
Always be willing to look at both sides of the argument. Understanding the other side is the best way to strengthen your own. Jim Rohn
understanding shapes goodness
Goodness shapes our will, and truth shapes our understanding. Emanuel Swedenborg
understanding saying-yes way
Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying "Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I embrace in advance what I am presently incapable of understanding. Elizabeth Gilbert
understanding luck doe
Given the brevity of our time here, it does seem likely that our species, too, must have at best a blinkered understanding of the shape of things, the import of certain events and what distinguishes 'good' from 'bad' luck. Karen Russell
understanding faculty wells
The understanding also hath its idiosyncrasies as well as other faculties. Joseph Glanvill
understanding prejudice firsts
They that never peeped beyond the common belief in which their easy understandings were at first indoctrinated are strongly assured of the truth of their receptions.
understanding lovely age
Of late I have searched diligently to discover the advantages of age, and there is, I have concluded, only one. It is that lovely women treat your approaches with understanding rather than with disdain. John Kenneth Galbraith
understanding action
Surely only correct understanding could lead to correct action. Lois McMaster Bujold
understanding stills behinds
Our understanding of how to live with one another is still far behind our knowledge of how to destroy one another. Lyndon B. Johnson
understanding looks sometimes
When you don't understand, it's sometimes easier to look like you do. Malcolm Forbes