Our Understanding Quotes

176 Our Understanding quotes by 156 unique authors

We need to approach the Bible each day with a spirit of deep humility, recognizing that our understanding of spiritual truth is at best incomplete… — Jerry Bridges
Our understanding of the human brain can be dramatically accelerated if we collect and share research data on an exponentially wider scale. — Tan Le
Delirious as it can be, sex is only one kind of intimacy, and yet has become the cultural catchment area for all kinds of needs… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke
The ignorant frighten children with ghosts, and the better educated assure them there is no such thing. Our understanding may believe the latter, but our… — Catherine Crowe
If we knew we were not alone in the universe it would have a very, very deep impact on our worldview, on our understanding of… — Paul Davies
The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge. — Rene Descartes
We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on… — Maimonides
Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for… — Bryant H. McGill
Why, for example, do the great writers use anticipation instead of surprise? Because surprise is merely an instrument of the unusual, whereas anticipation of a… — Roger Rosenblatt
The growth of the company and the license that Starbucks has is to participate in other food and beverage opportunities. We have a global business...… — Howard Schultz
All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not… — Alice Walker
Our understanding of Shakespeare already depends largely on the vitality of Renaissance elements in our education. Each man must live in his own generation, as… — George Edward Woodberry
Not only does the universe have its own laws, all of them indifferent to the contradictory dreams and desires of humanity, and in the formulation… — Jose Saramago
When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled… — Nhat Hanh
blessing the boats (at saint mary’s) may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face… — Lucille Clifton
Our poor people are great people, a very lovable people, They don't need our pity and sympathy. They need our understanding love and they need… — Mother Teresa
We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to… — Ursula K. Le Guin
...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding. — Helen Keller
Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all… — Dorothy Thompson
Learning to endure times of disappointment, suffering, and sorrow is part of our on-the-job training. These experiences, while often difficult to bear at the time,… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by… — Tom Robbins
I’m afraid of love, because it involves things that are beyond our understanding; it sheds such a brilliant light, but the shadow it casts frightens… — Paulo Coelho
Jen and I were accustomed to our father's last-will-and-testament diction, and were at times free to interrupt Atticus for a translation when it was beyond… — Harper Lee
Those final weeks, spanning end of summer and the beginning of another autumn, are blurred in memory, perhaps because our understanding of each other had… — Truman Capote

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