--- title: "Inspiring Understanding Quotations" description: "Browse 10,577 Understanding quotes by 6,043 authors. Discover the best Understanding sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/jocko-willink-3347_army_what-makes-you-a-seal-what-makes-you-a-s_2993624.jpg" --- > [What makes you a SEAL, what makes you a SEAL is being a good tactician on the battle field, understanding how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jocko-willink/what-makes-you-a-seal-what-makes-you-a-seal-is-being-a-good-tactician/) [Jocko Willink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jocko-willink/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/jocko-willink-3347_army_what-makes-you-a-seal-what-makes-you-a-s_2993624.jpg) > [Migration was not the only unpleasant experience I went though. I was born and lived in a country ruled by a brutal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/migration-was-not-the-only-unpleasant-experience-i-went-though-i-was/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/hassan-blasim-14317_age_migration-was-not-the-only-unpleasant-ex_2980357.jpg) > [In deep self-acceptance grows a compassionate understanding. As one Zen master said when I asked if he ever gets angry, 'Of course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/in-deep-self-acceptance-grows-a-compassionate-understanding-as-one/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/jack-kornfield-936_acceptance_in-deep-self-acceptance-grows-a-compassi_1696295.jpg) > [If we observe genuinely happy people, we shall find that they do not just sit around being contented. They make things happen.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonja-lyubomirsky/if-we-observe-genuinely-happy-people-we-shall-find-that-they-do-not/) [Sonja Lyubomirsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonja-lyubomirsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/sonja-lyubomirsky-22820_achievement_if-we-observe-genuinely-happy-people-we_1321957.jpg) > [“He was no lover in a worldly sense; the only love he knew was that of divine understanding, of taking a whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dezs-kosztol-nyi/he-was-no-lover-in-a-worldly-sense-the-only-love-he-knew-was-that-of/) [Dezső Kosztolányi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dezs-kosztol-nyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/dezs-kosztol-nyi-21360_happiness_he-was-no-lover-in-a-worldly-sense-the-o_1972100.jpg) > [“When we say we understand something, but we do not experience it, we do not understand it. Understanding and experiencing are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raphael-zernoff/when-we-say-we-understand-something-but-we-do-not-experience-it-we-do/) [Raphael Zernoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raphael-zernoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/raphael-zernoff-6265_awareness_when-we-say-we-understand-something-but_1742860.jpg) > [We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let's get an understanding as to where all this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afrika-bambaataa/we-want-you-to-sit-down-and-leave-your-egos-at-home-and-let-s-get-an/) [Afrika Bambaataa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afrika-bambaataa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/afrika-bambaataa-11009_built_we-want-you-to-sit-down-and-leave-your-e_714095.png) > [You know, the great thing about acting or, indeed, filmmaking in general, is that we're all given a reason to do research.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-huston/you-know-the-great-thing-about-acting-or-indeed-filmmaking-in-general/) [Danny Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-huston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/danny-huston-27204_acting_you-know-the-great-thing-about-acting-or_1978314.jpg) > [There is order in the universe, even though it looks like chaos. We separate the world into categories: this is good and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/there-is-order-in-the-universe-even-though-it-looks-like-chaos-we/) [Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/madonna-ciccone-401_categories_there-is-order-in-the-universe-even-thou_2332261.png) > [I have been told I've got a darkish personality. A few times." Takahashi swings his trombone case from his right shoulder to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-have-been-told-i-ve-got-a-darkish-personality-a-few-times-takahashi/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/haruki-murakami-21_cases_i-have-been-told-i-ve-got-a-darkish-pers_3074088.jpg) > [I was 15 when Chernobyl happened, I've been vaguely thinking about it for most of my life. But somewhere around 2015, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-mazin/i-was-15-when-chernobyl-happened-i-ve-been-vaguely-thinking-about-it/) [Craig Mazin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-mazin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/craig-mazin-14927_chernobyl_i-was-15-when-chernobyl-happened-i-ve-be_2689569.jpg) > [Without defeats, how do you really know who the hell you are? If you never had to stand up to something -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/without-defeats-how-do-you-really-know-who-the-hell-you-are-if-you/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/maya-angelou-104_beautiful_without-defeats-how-do-you-really-know-w_2387023.png) > [“If sensibility and understanding as the two branches of human knowledge spring from one common root, to what end such a violent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-georg-hamann/if-sensibility-and-understanding-as-the-two-branches-of-human/) [Johann Georg Hamann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-georg-hamann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb9/johann-georg-hamann-17779_learning_if-sensibility-and-understanding-as-the_2041063.jpg) > [In some communities it is - like, for me, coming out with my parents, they were not accepting; they were not understanding.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dee-rees/in-some-communities-it-is-like-for-me-coming-out-with-my-parents-they/) [Dee Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dee-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c5/dee-rees-4528_accepting_in-some-communities-it-is-like-for-me-co_1725878.png) > [Pride is a mental factor causing us to feel higher or superior to others. Even our study of dharma can be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geshe-kelsang-gyatso/pride-is-a-mental-factor-causing-us-to-feel-higher-or-superior-to/) [Geshe Kelsang Gyatso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geshe-kelsang-gyatso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/923/geshe-kelsang-gyatso-7286_accepting_pride-is-a-mental-factor-causing-us-to-f_1836626.jpg) > ["Do not lean on your own understanding." That means don't bring in the crutches and lean on them, those crutches that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-swindoll/do-not-lean-on-your-own-understanding-that-means-don-t-bring-in-the/) [Charles R. Swindoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-r-swindoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1e/charles-r-swindoll-878_crutches_do-not-lean-on-your-own-understanding-th_3234511.png) > [“Indeed! The time for mutual understanding is fresh and upon us. let us embrace it together, my friend. 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You kind of have to, really, if you want to know what you're doing, but it opens up this whole new understanding.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Danny Huston" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-huston/you-know-the-great-thing-about-acting-or-indeed-filmmaking-in-general/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/danny-huston-27204_acting_you-know-the-great-thing-about-acting-or_1978314.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/danny-huston-27204_acting_you-know-the-great-thing-about-acting-or_1978314.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/danny-huston-27204_acting_you-know-the-great-thing-about-acting-or_1978314.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You know, the great thing about acting or, indeed, filmmaking in general, is that we're all given a reason…” — Danny Huston", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is order in the universe, even though it looks like chaos. We separate the world into categories: this is good and this is bad. But life is set up to trick us. It's a series of illusions we invest in. 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