Misunderstanding Quotes

317 quotes by 263 authors

The silence of the spheres is the music of a wedding feast. The more we persist in misunderstanding the phenomena of life, the more we… — Thomas Merton
See we just had a misunderstanding. I thought we lived in the U.S. of A., the United States of America. But actually we live in… — Bill Hicks
Since we tend to see ourselves primarily in the light of our intentions, which are invisible to others, while we see others mainly in the… — John G. Bennett
There are still psychologists who, in a basic misunderstanding, think that gestalt theory tends to underestimate the role of past experience. Gestalt theory tries to… — Max Wertheimer
That has been my personal relationship with God-a connection with the powerful, loving, wise energy in all of us, in all creation. It is the… — Shakti Gawain
Just as God's love entered the world, thereby submitting to the misunderstanding and ambiguity that characterize everything worldly, so also Christian love does not exist… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name. — Rainer Maria Rilke
I have been misunderstood perhaps more than anyone else ever, but it has not affected me, for the simple reason that there is no desire… — Rajneesh
There is not so good an understanding between any two, but the exposure by the one of a serious fault in the other will produce… — Henry David Thoreau
They ended as all great passions do end - by a misunderstanding. — Honore de Balzac
Let us live and move in harmony. Let us grow together. Let us cherish the wisdom that we have acquired together. Let us live in… — Sathya Sai Baba
We know that mental illness is not something that happens to other people. It touches us all. Why then is mental illness met with so… — Tipper Gore
I've always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde rock scene, because I think I was sort of swimming… — Robert Wyatt
I want to block some common misunderstandings about understanding: In many of these discussions one finds a lot of fancy footwork about the word understanding. — John Searle
Fame â€” the aggregate of all the misunderstandings that collect around a new name. — Rainer Maria Rilke
To sense when a teenager needs understanding and when misunderstanding is a difficult and delicate task. The sad truth is that no matter how wise… — Haim Ginott
In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't… — Kurt Masur
When most of the greatest individuals in history were misunderstood and you've spent so much of your own adult life misunderstood, you can't help but… — Criss Jami
Third person allows a deeper exploration of the relationships between characters. We can see their misunderstandings and hear what they think about each other. We… — Juliet Marillier
Too many of these writers in the music papers, they are misunderstanding everything. The disco sound is not art or anything so serious. — Giorgio Moroder

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