Understanding Quotes

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Holiness is neither that passionate love of the beginning, nor the tormenting anxiety of the long waits and of the moonlight walks, but is that… — Sorin Cerin
By loving, the man acts on himself by acting on the image of his own love with Holiness and then on the Destiny which is… — Sorin Cerin
We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Then we will understand that infinity was somewhere in our breath and that our Destiny is nothing else that the echo of an Accidental Occurrence… — Sorin Cerin
Why did I allow myself to be bored ever in the past and to compensate for it got high or drunk or rages or all… — Jack Kerouac
My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures. — Michael Caine
A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom — Bible
Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting, get understanding — Bible
Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart — John Adams
Hate is a thing, a feeling, that can only exist where there is no understanding. — Tennessee Williams
The wisdom of the Greeks, when compared to that of the Jews, is absolutely bestial; for apart from God there can be no wisdom, not… — Martin Luther
Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding? -Job 12:12 — Bible
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. — Bible
Everything we enjoy in society is a direct result of the accumulated learning derived from millions of mistakes. No mistakes, no progress. Yet we still… — Robert White
Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge shall every room be filled with precious and pleasant riches. — Bible
It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding, but the understanding through the heart — Blaise Pascal
And if I remain in the dark about our purpose here, and meaning of eternity, I have nonetheless arrived at an understanding of a few… — Jon Krakauer
Holiness is neither that passionate love of the beginning, nor the tormenting anxiety of the long waits and of the moonlight walks, but is that… — Sorin Cerin
Anyone I'm with has to give me freedom. I like to be with someone who has character and style and someone who is very understanding. — Leonardo DiCaprio
It ain't just a question of misunderstood, Deep down inside him, he's no good — Stephen Sondheim

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