Understanding Quotes · Page 41

“I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief.”

— C.S. Lewis

We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Self-understanding rather than self-condemnation is the way to inner peace and mature conscience.

— Joshua L. Liebman

There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children.

— Maurice Sendak

“Forever friends are a treasure chest of understanding and compassion. Cherish them.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting.

— George Savile

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

— Rollo May

Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings.

— Vicki Baum

Sometimes I think too much fuss is made about marriage. Century after century of carnal embracement and we're still no nearer to…

— Anonymous

I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding…

— Toni Morrison

I think most politicians have almost no understanding of economics; otherwise, they wouldn't have become politicians.

— Roger Ver

Be culturally literate, because if you don't have any understanding of the world you live in and the culture you live in,…

— Paula Scher

We need a much deeper understanding of exactly what it is our industrial society, in its present creation, is jeopardizing. We need…

— Van Jones

...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.

— Helen Keller

The White Mars [project] is a bold move that will add significantly to our understanding of how to deal with the challenge…

— Robert Zubrin

I have come to realize that you don't need to explain yourself in certain circumstances. Those who truly love you don't need…

— Anonymous

“To cultivate empathy means to see the world through the eyes of another without judgement, without trying to "fix" it, without needing…

— Judith Hanson Lasater

“For others, as for ourselves, we must trust him. If we could thoroughly understand anything, that would be enough to prove it…

— George MacDonald

To believe you're being psychically attacked gives you an understanding of your illness that no Western doctor can provide; this can be…

— Heidi Julavits

Why do they make things so complicated?" "So that those who have the responsibility for understanding can understand.," he said. "Imagine if…

— Paulo Coelho

The people I've respected most in the industry over the years - Paul Newman, for instance. I just loved the way he…

— George Clooney

I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put…

— John Lennon

For me, the only ego that needs serving in putting together a film is the story's, the ego of the story and…

— Julia Ormond

We have to find a way of understanding how one category of sex can be "assigned" from both and another sense of…

— Judith Butler

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace.

— Harry S. Truman

Imperfect understanding is often more dangerous than ignorance.

— Anonymous

My understanding of romance novels was that it was on the beach with a glass of rose.

— Jonathan Bailey

“A mind with questions is a mind open to understanding.”

— Colleen Houck

Meditation is the process of understanding your own mind.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Sometimes people don't realize that there's a huge difference between giving up and having enough.

— Insane & Insomniac

Those who don't understand true pain can not understand true peace

— Anonymous

Without information, there can be no real understanding of the ramifications of our choices.

— Jayni Chase

Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.

— George Santayana

Thinking that I deserve heaven is a sure sign I have no understanding of the gospel.

— Sinclair B. Ferguson

“All I know is I make sense to me- it's other people who seem complicated.”

— Tara Kelly

Fatherhood is a relationship of love and understanding It is power and action. It is counsel and instruction.

— A. Theodore Tuttle

“There is a beauty in difference that only understanding reveals.”

— Drishti Bablani

People say everything happens for a reason, but it would be nice to know some of the reasons why!

— Aaron Chan

Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.

— Zhuangzi

Don't judge my choices in life if you don't understand my reasons.

— Mike Saquan Wren