“Wouldn't we all do better not trying to understand, accepting the fact that no human being will ever understand another, not a… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
When I was married to an abuser, he'd tell me he wouldn't have to get so angry if only I'd be less… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
One of the experiences of prayer is that it seems that nothing happens. But when you start with it and look back… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
An understanding is perhaps better than an alliance, which may stereotype arrangements which cannot be regarded as permanent in view of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Using food as a way of understanding empire is highly effective. Food knows no barriers of race, gender or even time. — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
An essential part of any successful action on the part of the United States is an understanding on the part of the… — George C. Marshall Copy Share Image
And liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people who have a right from the frame of their nature… — John Adams Copy Share Image
We are used to dealing with problems that have a solution and that can be solved in a finite period. But we're… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
We cannot understand without wanting to understand, that is, without wanting to let something be said...Understanding does not occur when we try… — Hans-Georg Gadamer Copy Share Image
“You assumed whatever was vivid to yourself was vivid to others, and vice versa, but she was going to make him spell… — Garth Risk Hallberg Copy Share Image
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both. — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
If something is worth being rude about, it is worth understanding as well. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People say they are considerate... but are they really? To be considerate you must intentionally (but preferably unconsciously) go out of your… — David DtK Smith Copy Share Image
I may look happy on the outside but if you felt how I felt on the inside you would understand — Keys Copy Share Image
They understand but a little who understand only what can be explained. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
I told my wife that I want to take a three-year break. She supported me and said, 'Please go ahead.' I am… — R. Madhavan Copy Share Image
It's frustrating sometimes: as an athlete, you're thrust into the spotlight, and you know, I think this team has always done a… — Megan Rapinoe Copy Share Image
Being in love may feel like the most beautiful feeling but to be able to fulfill the conditions of love, forgive and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you could read some of the stories that we had before us of parents of children dying of, let's say, bone… — Kelvin Ogilvie Copy Share Image
Happy to articulate the complexity of the emotional conflicts faced, and being human, especially to find understanding. — Molly Johnson Copy Share Image
There is a beautiful and life-enhancing alternative outlook that offers insight, consolation, inspiration and meaning, which has nothing to do with religion,… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
It's cool to be a nerd. There's a general understanding that smartphones didn't come from jocks. The digital age was foreseen by… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
“To waste one hour is a proof that you lack understanding of life.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
It is important to understand that pain is not just a physical sensation; it is also emotional, mental, and even spiritual. — Kumar Anupam Copy Share Image
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only. — Mencius Copy Share Image
Finding God in all things is not an 'empirical eureka.' When we desire to encounter God, we would like to verify him… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
As I drift back into sleep, I can't help thinking that it's a wonderful thing to be right about the world. To… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
The problem is that many who reject Marx do not read him, or read him only by bringing prejudices to their reading… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
“If you wish to make anything grow, you must understand it, and understand it in a very real sense. 'Green fingers' are… — Russell Page Copy Share Image
Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You know, when you go to high school or, you know, when kids are younger and there's not an understanding of differences.… — Alexander Wang Copy Share Image
Jealousy is the very reverse of understanding, of sympathy, and of generous feeling. Never has jealousy added to character, never does it… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
We grew up understanding how the analog sound is a driving force for music. — Rohan Marley Copy Share Image
Our understanding of what constitutes intelligence is utterly relative. If an aborigine drafted an I.Q. test, for example, all of Western civilization… — John Robbins Copy Share Image
People ask me, how is managing in the New Economy different from managing in the Old Economy? Actually, it's a lot the… — Meg Whitman Copy Share Image
As I lay here, trapped in the solitary confinement of my own mind, my thoughts are deafening. Earsplitting, although here I lay,… — Alaxandra Kertesz Copy Share Image
