Cannot Understand Quotes

190 quotes by 163 authors

I can understand that memory must be selective, else it would choke on the glut of experience. What I cannot understand is why it selects… — Virgilia Peterson
The poor is the center of the Gospel. If we take out the poor, we cannot understand the message of Christ — Pope Francis
I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the… — A B Simpson
You cannot understand the teacher or their teaching without understanding the person the teacher is. — Andy Hargreaves
The function of the West is to turn bodies and minds into products. It cannot understand that the rest of the world holds this to… — John Burdett
The real is near, you do not have to seek it; and a man who seeks truth will never find it. Truth is in what… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I can never satisfy myself until I can make a mechanical model of a thing. If I can make a mechanical model, I can understand… — Lord Kelvin
At its most successful, my 'touch' looks into the heart of nature; most days I don't even get close. These things are all part of… — Andy Goldsworthy
In truth you cannot read too much in Scripture; and what you read you cannot read too carefully, and what you read carefully you cannot… — Martin Luther
One cannot understand the rhythms and meanings of the outer world until one has mastered the dialects of the body. — Timothy Leary
You cannot understand good design if you do not understand people; design is made for people. — Dieter Rams
If minds are wholly dependent on brains and brains on biochemistry, and biochemistry (in the long run) on the meaningless flux of the atoms, I… — C.S. Lewis
Women have much to tell us. Women are capable of seeing things in a different angle. Women can pose questions that we men cannot understand. — Pope Francis
The roots of our grief coil so deeply into loss that death has cometo live with us like a family member who makes you happy… — Susan Abulhawa
I cannot understand why the world is arranged as it is. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
We cannot understand the meaning of many trials; God does not explain them. To explain a trial would be to destroy its object, which is… — Alfred Edersheim
I still miss the days when a haircut was just a haircut. It was only your mates you had to face. Now there's a whole… — Alex Turner
A man used to riding in a car cannot understand a pedestrian. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
When you cannot hold the body still, you cannot hold the brain still. If you do not know the silence of the body, you cannot… — B.K.S. Iyengar

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