Our Understanding Quotes

176 Our Understanding quotes by 156 unique authors

When a film is created, it is created in a language, which is not only about words, but also the way that very language encodes… — Andrzej Wajda
And indeed this theme has been at the centre of all my research since 1943, both because of its intrinsic fascination and my conviction that… — Frederick Sanger
We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
This clash is an absurdity because on one hand there is much scientific proof in favor of evolution, which appears as a reality that we… — Pope Benedict XVI
We never understand what we're praying, and God, in His mercy, does not answer our prayers according to our understanding, but according to His wisdom. — Rich Mullins
There is also an underlying, less specific fear - what some might call an ontological or existential anxiety - that shrouds our days and seeps… — Jesse Browner
Where we go wrong is that we bring along some ready-made idea of God, wherever we may have learned it, and then try to make… — John Macquarrie
Contemplation places us in a purity and radiance which is far above our understanding. — John of Ruysbroeck
The White Mars [project] is a bold move that will add significantly to our understanding of how to deal with the challenge of human exploration… — Robert Zubrin
In many areas of understanding, none so much as in our understanding of God, we bump up against a simplicity so profound that we must… — Robert Breault
If we base our belief systems on the humble assumption that the complexities of the world are ontologically beyond our understanding, then maybe our belief… — Unknown Author
Faith is a dynamic and ever-changing process, not some fixed body of truth that exists outside our world and our understanding. God's truth may be… — Gene Robinson
Evolutionary theory informs our understanding of some frankly inexcusable social behavior and renders it perfectly normal. — Richard K. Morgan
It cannot suffice to invent new machines, new regulations, new institutions. It is necessary to change and improve our understanding of the true purpose of… — Vaclav Havel
We're in a post-conceptual era where it's really the artist's idea and vision that are prized rather than the ability to master the crafts that… — Jeffrey Deitch
You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden character or essence… — Norton Juster
The circle of our understanding is a very restricted area. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The living body is intelligent beyond our understanding; it is incomprehensibly intelligent. — Harvey Diamond
Creativity is one of those hypnotic words which are prone to cast a spell upon our understanding and dissolve our thinking into haze. — Albert Einstein
A line runs from the meditations of the heart to the words of the mouth. The meditations are not clear to us until the mouth… — Richard Mitchell
Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts — Ernst Mayr
Can a one judge sitting somewhere in a trial court issue an order that says nobody in the world is allowed to have, to use,… — Eben Moglen
We have to shift our understanding of ourselves as separate individuals, each seeking our own welfare, to an understanding of how we fit into social,… — Robert E. Ornstein
The ecology of the valley was complex beyond our understanding, and it began to die as we went on manipulating it in ever more frantic… — William Kittredge
In Christ, troubles are turned into triumph, so in Him we look at what is coming as the times of the greatest triumphs the world… — Rick Joyner

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