--- title: "21 Understanding Man Quotes by 20 authors" description: "Browse 21 Understanding Man quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Understanding Man sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e2/lailah-gifty-akita-11_learning_the-power-of-prayer-is-beyond-the-unders_1772501.jpg" --- > [“The power of prayer is beyond the understanding of man”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/the-power-of-prayer-is-beyond-the-understanding-of-man/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e2/lailah-gifty-akita-11_learning_the-power-of-prayer-is-beyond-the-unders_1772501.jpg) > [I think that understanding man's place in nature is going to require integration of the psychedelic experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/i-think-that-understanding-man-s-place-in-nature-is-going-to-require/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/terence-mckenna-287_integration_i-think-that-understanding-man-s-place-i_571292.png) > [Man's law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same. ~Crow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aroha-janet/man-s-law-changes-with-his-understanding-of-man-only-the-laws-of-the/) [Aroha Janet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aroha-janet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/aroha-janet-10614_being-thankfulapprec_man-s-law-changes-with-his-understanding_708364.jpg) > [Theology has not advanced an inch in the last 1,000 years. How much respect does a profession deserve if it cannot add…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darrel-ray/theology-has-not-advanced-an-inch-in-the-last-1-000-years-how-much/) [Darrel Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darrel-ray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa2/darrel-ray-22623_add_theology-has-not-advanced-an-inch-in-the_1996923.jpg) > [It is necessary for the Bible, in order to be accommodated to the understanding of every man, to speak many things which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/it-is-necessary-for-the-bible-in-order-to-be-accommodated-to-the/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c3/galileo-galilei-2377_absolute-truth_it-is-necessary-for-the-bible-in-order-t_1857954.png) > [Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understanding that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ricoeur/myth-expresses-in-terms-of-the-world-that-is-of-the-other-world-or/) [Paul Ricoeur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ricoeur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92b/paul-ricoeur-16430_existence_myth-expresses-in-terms-of-the-world-tha_1497087.jpg) > [The way we're going to get to understanding is for each man to open his heart and open his mind and look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-bailey/the-way-we-re-going-to-get-to-understanding-is-for-each-man-to-open/) [Pearl Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-bailey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/pearl-bailey-16039_heart_the-way-we-re-going-to-get-to-understand_1967588.jpg) > [“Without faith, there is no proper understanding by which a man can judge. As Augustine well said, 'I believe in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-l-bahnsen/without-faith-there-is-no-proper-understanding-by-which-a-man-can/) [Greg L. Bahnsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-l-bahnsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/greg-l-bahnsen-19294_faith_without-faith-there-is-no-proper-underst_752887.png) > [To solve these problems one needs as much an understanding of politics as an understanding of man - and the one cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-waltz/to-solve-these-problems-one-needs-as-much-an-understanding-of/) [Kenneth Waltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-waltz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/kenneth-waltz-24758_learning_to-solve-these-problems-one-needs-as-muc_856104.jpg) > [Not every man with a heart is understanding, nor every man with an ear a listener, and nor every man with eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-ibn-abi-talib/not-every-man-with-a-heart-is-understanding-nor-every-man-with-an-ear/) [Ali ibn Abi Talib](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-ibn-abi-talib/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c3/ali-ibn-abi-talib-3270_able_not-every-man-with-a-heart-is-understand_1806986.jpg) > [I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/i-began-to-see-what-people-were-capable-of-doing-anyone-who-moved/) [William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/195/william-golding-1233_bees_i-began-to-see-what-people-were-capable_2347728.png) > [Understanding a theory has, indeed, much in common with understanding a human personality. We may know or understand a man's system of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-popper/understanding-a-theory-has-indeed-much-in-common-with-understanding-a/) [Karl Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/karl-popper-2167_able_understanding-a-theory-has-indeed-much-i_1647431.jpg) > [“I believe everyone has some question that drives them. A question that keeps them awake nights. A question they worry like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-believe-everyone-has-some-question-that-drives-them-a-question-that/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/anonymous-1_quote_i-believe-everyone-has-some-question-tha_1726102.jpg) > [“i don't believe i've ever been more certain than I am now that the development and understanding of man's workmanship is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-edsel/i-don-t-believe-i-ve-ever-been-more-certain-than-i-am-now-that-the/) [Robert M. Edsel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-edsel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/robert-m-edsel-18875_learning_i-don-t-believe-i-ve-ever-been-more-cert_134839.jpg) > [A man of understanding, a man who understands himself and others, always feels compassion. Even if somebody is an enemy you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/a-man-of-understanding-a-man-who-understands-himself-and-others/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/rajneesh-54_angry_a-man-of-understanding-a-man-who-underst_1198303.jpg) > [Existential psychotherapy is the movement which, although standing on one side on the scientific analysis owed chiefly to the genius of Freud…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rollo-may/existential-psychotherapy-is-the-movement-which-although-standing-on/) [Rollo May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rollo-may/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/rollo-may-1295_analysis_existential-psychotherapy-is-the-movemen_1769373.jpg) > [Before the Second World War I believed in the perfectibility of social man; that a correct structure of society would produce goodwill;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/before-the-second-world-war-i-believed-in-the-perfectibility-of/) [William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a49/william-golding-1233_bees_before-the-second-world-war-i-believed-i_2762755.jpg) > [“Finding The Man. Keeping The Man. Not scaring The Man, building up The Man, following The Man, soothing The Man, flattering The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-russ/finding-the-man-keeping-the-man-not-scaring-the-man-building-up-the/) [Joanna Russ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-russ/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bd/joanna-russ-7942_gender-roles_finding-the-man-keeping-the-man-not-scar_2894855.jpg) > [“No, there's more to life than this. . .That was the past, but there is a future. Now we know. We dare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-odets/no-there-s-more-to-life-than-this-that-was-the-past-but-there-is-a/) [Clifford Odets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-odets/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/clifford-odets-37141_first-time_no-there-s-more-to-life-than-this-that-w_2766851.jpg) > [Fifty years from now if an understanding of man's origins, his evolution, his history, his progress is not in the common place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-bronowski/fifty-years-from-now-if-an-understanding-of-man-s-origins-his/) [Jacob Bronowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-bronowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/jacob-bronowski-3073_book_fifty-years-from-now-if-an-understanding_1395803.png) > [If you need to know history, the real story of those before you, then you should go to the library and read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-haley/if-you-need-to-know-history-the-real-story-of-those-before-you-then/) [Alex Haley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-haley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/alex-haley-8212_every-day_if-you-need-to-know-history-the-real-sto_1777849.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/understanding-man/#itemlist", "name": "Understanding Man Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The power of prayer is beyond the understanding of man”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lailah Gifty Akita" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/the-power-of-prayer-is-beyond-the-understanding-of-man/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e2/lailah-gifty-akita-11_learning_the-power-of-prayer-is-beyond-the-unders_1772501.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e2/lailah-gifty-akita-11_learning_the-power-of-prayer-is-beyond-the-unders_1772501.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e2/lailah-gifty-akita-11_learning_the-power-of-prayer-is-beyond-the-unders_1772501.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The power of prayer is beyond the understanding of man” — Lailah Gifty Akita", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think that understanding man's place in nature is going to require integration of the psychedelic experience.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terence McKenna" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/i-think-that-understanding-man-s-place-in-nature-is-going-to-require/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/terence-mckenna-287_integration_i-think-that-understanding-man-s-place-i_571292.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/terence-mckenna-287_integration_i-think-that-understanding-man-s-place-i_571292.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/terence-mckenna-287_integration_i-think-that-understanding-man-s-place-i_571292.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think that understanding man's place in nature is going to require integration of the psychedelic…” — Terence McKenna", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Man's law changes with his understanding of man. 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Keeping The Man. Not scaring The Man, building up The Man, following The Man, soothing The Man, flattering The Man, deferring to The Man, changing your judgement for The Man, changing your decisions for The Man, polishing floors for The Man, being perpetually conscious of your appearance for The Man, being romantic for The Man, hinting to The Man, losing yourself in The Man. 'I never had a thought that wasn't yours.' Sob, sob. Whenever I act like a human being, they say, 'What are you getting upset about?' They say: of course you'll get married. They say: of course you're brilliant. They say: of course you'll get a PhD and then sacrifice it to have babies. They say: if you don't, you're the one who'll have two jobs and you can make a go of it if you're exceptional, which very few women are, and if you find a very understanding man . As long as you don't make more money than he does. 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