Understanding Quotes

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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of fact,… — Antonin Artaud
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander. — Isaac Asimov
An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment. — David Attenborough
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. — Margaret Atwood
The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president. — Dean Acheson
To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. — Marcus Aurelius
Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. — Marcus Aurelius
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. — Richard Bach
Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll… — Richard Bach
The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up Scripture and make it come… — Michele Bachmann
The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding. — Francis Bacon
You never find yourself until you face the truth. — Pearl Bailey
We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let's get an understanding as to where all this is foolishness coming… — Afrika Bambaataa
That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding. — Edward Abbey
We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it. — James M. Barrie
Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth… — Roland Barthes
It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree. — Charles Baudelaire
The world only goes round by misunderstanding. — Charles Baudelaire
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them. — Pierre Beaumarchais

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