Understanding Quotes · Page 66

“To be agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.”

— Talleyrand

I believe that soccer can be an example of understanding and peace between countries and between peoples.

— Zico

I don't feel I have an issue with listening or understanding English in any sort of way.

— Susanne Bier

I think 'understanding' and 'acceptance' are the most important words.

— Gigi Gorgeous

The land urges us to come around to an understanding of ourselves.

— Barry Lopez

“We have to make mistakes, it's how we learn compassion for others.”

— Curtis Sittenfeld

By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person.

— Nhat Hanh

If one desires to receive one must first give. This is called profound understanding.

— Laozi

Rapid population growth and technological innovation, combined with our lack of understanding about how the natural systems of which we are a…

— David Suzuki

Their understanding Begins to swell and the approaching tide Will shortly fill the reasonable shores That now lie foul and muddy.

— William Shakespeare

Few living figures could contribute as much as Castro to our understanding of the second half of the 20th century.

— Stephen Kinzer

We need to be more careful, but more compassionate. We must strike, not deal with terrorists, but to broaden our understanding of…

— Ricardo Lagos

No one has the right to judge you. They might have heard your stories, but they didn't feel what you were going…

— Nikhil Saluja

There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not understand you. And there are others who…

— Yasmin Mogahed

The graceful minuet-dance of fancy must give place to the toilsome, thorny pilgrimage of understanding. On the transition from the age of…

— Thomas Carlyle

It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to affirm whatever he pleases; but to be able to discern…

— Emanuel Swedenborg

That's what education should be," I said, "the art of orientation. Educators should devise the simplest and most effective methods of turning…

— Plato

Idleness and constancy fix the mind to what it finds easy and agreeable. This habit always confines and cramps up our knowledge;…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I find myself, the more I grow up the more I hang around creatives, musicians. I find them more inspiring to be…

— Tom Odell

It's about people coming to an understanding, a realisation that we must bridge the gap, build bridges and make people aware of…

— Mandawuy Yunupingu

“This is where we work, in the interstices of ignorance, the land of contradiction and silence, planning to convince you with the…

— Julian Barnes

Action has meaning only in relationship and without understanding relationship, action on any level will only breed conflict. The understanding of relationship…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

We have to reach out to churches and schools and help people understand science, and we have to build rapport between scientists…

— Katharine Hayhoe

“Some people say they don’t believe in God, but they believe in an energy that moves through all living things. Others say…

— Vironika Tugaleva

Do not seek understanding that you might have faith; seek faith that you might understand.

— M Scott Peck

If you cannot explain it simply, you do not understand it enough.

— Albert Einstein

One of the difficulties in understanding the brain is that it is like nothing so much as a lump of porridge.

— Richard Gregory

Understanding economics can help you make better decisions and lead a happier life.

— Tyler Cowen

Prayer continues in the desire of the heart, though the understanding be employed on outward things.

— John Wesley

That kind of natural understanding doesn't develop naturally

— Kenny Cunningham

My feminism is just part of my being - a part of my understanding of the world.

— Sheila Heti

Hip Hop offers new ways of seeing and understanding what it means to be black at this pivotal time in history.

— Todd Boyd

There is no result in nature without a cause; understand the cause and you will have no need of the experiment.

— Leonardo da Vinci

“He who becomes his most truthful self, becomes the leader for everyone else.”

— Nikki Rowe

The golden rule for understanding in spiritual matters is not intellect, but obedience.

— Oswald Chambers

There are many ways of understanding simple things, but generally the opposite is true for difficult ideas

— Miyamoto Musashi

“knowledge is our enviroment..wisdome, is how we perceive our environment".”

— Daryavesh Rothmensch

Love thy neighbor, and if it requires that you bend your understanding of the truth, the Truth will understand.

— Anonymous

For the Lord will give you understanding in everything. -2 Timothy 2:7

— Bible

Understand who you are and who you want to be, and thereby learn how you may best relate to others.

— Ken Danby