The essence of man is his freedom. Sin is committed in that freedom. Sin can therefore not be attributed to a defect… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
For an act may be wrong judged purely by itself, but when the motive that prompted the act is understood, it is… — Elizabeth Keckley Copy Share Image
Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand and be understood by all. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
The language of music is common to all generations and nations; it is understood by everybody, since it is understood with the… — Gioachino Rossini Copy Share Image
The danger to which the success of revolutions is most exposed, is that of attempting them before the principles on which they… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
You speak to be understood, right? And you're understood so you can be felt. And you're felt so you can get what… — Jonathan Majors Copy Share Image
No one fully understands spinors. Their algebra is formally understood but their general significance is mysterious. In some sense they describe the… — Michael Atiyah Copy Share Image
The Voice has always been an alternative paper. They have always understood that that was part of their role. — Sydney Schanberg Copy Share Image
“A God that can be understood is no God. Who can explain the Infinite in words?” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
It was when Boston invited us to do a parade one November, and I was the only [Star Wars] cast member skeptical… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
This man, who for twenty-five years has been reading and writing about art, and in all that time has never understood anything… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
The whole problem with news on television comes down to this: all the words uttered in an hour of news coverage could… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
He gave a small nod, and I smiled back, and that was it. He understood that I'd understood that he'd understood. It… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
That's just the way people's brains work. If you want to talk about something, you have to reduce it to a form… — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
No one really understood music unless he was a scientist, her father had declared, and not just a scientist, either, oh, no,… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
While love is common, true love is rare, and I believe that few people are fortunate enough to experience it. The roads… — David Buss Copy Share Image
Miracles are propitious accidents, the natural causes of which are too complicated to be readily understood. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
You know, people call mystery novels or thrillers 'puzzles.' I never understood that, because when I buy a puzzle, I already know… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I understood....that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history. — Laura Ingalls Wilder Copy Share Image
A poet once said, "The whole universe is in a glass of wine." We will probably never know in what sense he… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
I have been a vegetarian for forty-two years. I did it because I didn't want animals to die so I could eat.… — Sam Simon Copy Share Image
Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't text me back? I understand Don't hang out with me? I understand. When I start not giving a F*ck you better… — Annoymous Copy Share Image
The people with very hard problems are understood by God. He knows what wretched machines they are trying to drive. Some day… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
