Understanding Quotes

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Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand. — George Santayana
If you would judge, understand. — Seneca the Younger
The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition. — Baruch Spinoza
To know that you know, and to know that you don't know - that is real wisdom. — Confucius
Trusting yourself is trusting the wisdom that created you. — Wayne Dyer
Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold on to or… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeated all things. — Heraclitus
Be first the master of yourself — Baltasar Gracian
Every life has a destiny... the trick is to discover it before then end of your life. Otherwise, you will have too many regrets. — Kevin J. Anderson
The pleasures arising from a right understanding of the divine testimonies are of the most delightful order; earthly enjoyments are utterly contemptible if compared with… — Charles Spurgeon
But by far the greatest hindrance and aberration of the human understanding proceeds from the dullness, incompetency, and deceptions of the senses; in that things… — Francis Bacon
Man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, is limited in act and understanding by his observation of the order of nature; neither his understanding… — Francis Bacon
The physicist is like someone who's watching people playing chess and, after watching a few games, he may have worked out what the moves in… — Martin Rees
To me, science is an expression of the human spirit, which reaches every sphere of human culture. It gives an aim and meaning to existence… — Isidor Isaac Rabi
When understanding of the universe has become widespread, when the majority of men know that the stars are not sources of light but worlds, perhaps… — Adolf Hitler
The one who follows the thought is also a thought! The one who follows the thought IS in thought. When you know that both are… — H. W. L. Poonja
Insight into the two selves within a man clears up many confusions and contradictions. It was our understanding that preceded our victory. — Vernon Howard
I want my people to understand that because only man is capable to laugh, that means laughter is the highest point of consciousness, the highest… — Rajneesh
To live out of understanding is compassion. Never try to practice it, simply relax deep into meditation. Be in a state of let-go in meditation… — Rajneesh
This is what I call understanding. If you understand, insecurity is an intrinsic part of life - and good that it is so, because it… — Rajneesh

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