Understanding Quotes · Page 77

The product of mathematics is clarity and understanding. Not theorems, by themselves. ... In short, mathematics only exists in a living community…

— William Thurston

“I laugh, because he knew what I was thinking, and very few people ever know what I'm thinking.”

— Lois Lowry

Psychic phenomena does not mean wisdom; it only means mental understanding of the relationship of the outer world to the inner world.

— Drunvalo Melchizedek

[On art:] I believe that it not only enriches the spiritual life, but that it makes one more sane and sympathetic, more…

— Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

Anthropologists have often described what happens to a primitive society when its spiritual values are exposed to the impact of modern civilisation.…

— Carl Jung

What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.

— Saint Francis de Sales

Doubt begets understanding, and understanding begets compassion. Verily, it is conviction that kills.

— R. Scott Bakker

I realized the universe is 15 billion years old and unspeakably complicated. I still love the teachings of Christ, but I also…

— Moby

Knowledge is the understanding of what, how and why we need to do something. Skill is applying that knowledge in a practical…

— Bill Capodagli

Japan should get more involved in mediating disputes between countries and seek to play the role of a peace broker. To make…

— Sadako Ogata

The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding.

— Willie Dixon

I am the individual who formed and funded W Spann LLC. I authorized W Spann LLC's contribution to Restore Our Future PAC.…

— Edward Conard

The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors; Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost…

— Joseph Addison

Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, said that whenever he could not see his way clearly, he knelt down and…

— Nathan Eldon Tanner

Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and…

— Nicolas Sarkozy

The liberal understanding of 'the separation of church and state' means that as the area of politics expands, the area of private…

— Joseph Sobran

If you deeply appreciate and love what creative people do and how they think, which is usually in unpredictable and irrational ways,…

— Bernard Arnault

Postmodernism does not help us understand good art. It encourages art that can be easily understood and throws in something catchy to…

— Walter Darby Bannard

As the sphere of understanding grows ever larger, necessarily the surface area of ignorance gets ever bigger

— Dennis McKenna

Just as food and sleep are necessary for the body, spiritual understanding is needed for a healthy mind.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

"Am I my brother's keeper?" There you have the whole Biblical understanding that you are your brother's keeper. You also have a…

— Elie Wiesel

Nasr combines in his writing audacious intellectual criticism, deep understanding of Islam... and a commitment to the Western-European contributions to the emancipation…

— Mohammed Arkoun

“Here’s why I will be a good person. Because I listen. I cannot speak so I listen very well. I never interrupt,…

— Garth Stein

In your hurry-up or no-huddle, you might just say a word, and then everyone's understanding, 'It's this play.'

— Sean Payton

There are roughly 22,000 Palestinians working side by side with what you call settlers in factories and malls in the West Bank.…

— Naftali Bennett