Understanding Quotes

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Linnaeus had it constantly in mind:'The closer we get to know the creatures around us, the clearer is the understanding we obtain of the chain… — Sten Lindroth
Language is the principal tool with which we communicate; but when words are used carelessly or mistakenly, what was intended to advance mutual understanding may… — Irving Copi
The exquisite order displayed by our scientific understanding of the physical world calls for the divine. — Vera Kistiakowsky
Never be proud but show humility towards others, true wisdom lies in being humble. — Shri Radhe Maa
Deep in the soul, below pain, below all the distraction of life, is a silence vast and grand - an infinite ocean of calm, which… — Richard Maurice Bucke
Technology may change rapidly, but people change slowly. The principals [of design] come from understanding of people. They remain true forever. — Donald A. Norman
The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker… — Henry Miller
Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity. The ignorant peasant without fault is greater than the philosopher with many. What is genius or courage… — Oliver Goldsmith
Children are best corrected to the point of their understanding, not to the extent of a parent's frustration. — Wes Fesler
When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you're pledging your integrity. — Stephen Covey
Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity. — Oliver Goldsmith
It's only when I say that everything is incomprehensible that I come as close as possible to understanding the only thing it is given to… — Eugene Ionesco
There are lots of cases where we know more about how the world works than we do about how we know how it works. That's… — Jerry Fodor
I will go forward... I will smile at the rage of the tempest, and ride fearlessly and triumphantly across the boisterous ocean of circumstance... And… — Eliza R. Snow
It seems to me, and I am personally convinced, that the Church must never speak from a position of strength. [These are shocking words.] It… — Anthony of Sourozh
...every day we should stand in awe of Him, as He is with us, and do what is pleasing before Him. If we are unable… — Gregory Palamas
Whenever we proceed from the known to the unkown we may hope to understand, but we may have to learn at the same time a… — Werner Heisenberg
Mystical experience of nature can be of particular relevance to our troubled age, bringing deeper into our consciousness and emotions the logic that nature sustains… — Carl von Essen
Scientists tell us that we have enough technology to save our planet. . . . Yet we don't take advantage of this new technology. .… — Nhat Hanh
... the ecological problem of our times demands a radical reevaluation of how we see the entire world; it demands a different interpretation of matter… — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople

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