Properly Understood Quotes
17 quotes by 16 authors
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Education, properly understood, is that which teaches discernment.
— Philibert Joseph Roux
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The teaching of Jesus, if properly understood, would do away with organized temple worship altogether.
— Wallace D. Wattles
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The solution to a problem - a story that you are unable to finish - is the problem. It isn't as if the problem is…
— Susan Sontag
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I see no clear reason why the doctrine of self-interest properly understood should turn men away from religious beliefs.
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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For faith, properly understood, does not contradict reason in the least; indeed...it is nothing less than the will to keep one's mind fixed precisely on…
— Edward Feser
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There are some plain common-sense considerations applicable to all these attempts at world planning. They can be briefly stated: 1. To talk of blueprints for…
— Norman Thomas
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Love properly understood is God—the font of all creation and the ultimate goal of all desires; God properly understood is love.
— Miroslav Volf
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Nonviolence is an intensely active force when properly understood and used.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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The new human type cannot be properly understood without awareness of what he is continuously exposed to from the world of things about him, even…
— Theodor Adorno
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A republic properly understood is a sovereignty of justice, in contradistinction to a sovereignty of will.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
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Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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He feared me as many men fear women: because their mistresses (or their wives) understand them. They are scarcely adult, some men: they wish women…
— Julian Barnes
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who can duly adore that Love which will open the high gates to a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling, resentful, and darting his…
— C.S. Lewis
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Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood.
— Mark Twain
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Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political and economic change.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Karma, when properly understood, is just the mechanics through which consciousness manifests.
— Deepak Chopra
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This was a tragic event in human history, but by paying tribute to the Armenian community we ensure the lessons of the Armenian genocide are…
— Jerry Costello
Who Wrote These Properly Understood Quotes
16 authors contributed a total of 17 Properly Understood Quotes as follows: