Understanding Quotes

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The present Hindu society is organised only for spiritual men, and hopelessly crushes out everybody else. Why? Where shall they go who want to enjoy… — Swami Vivekananda
India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of mature mind, understanding spirit and a unifying, pacifying love for all human beings. — Will Durant
We must start understanding other cultures, such as the Aboriginal culture. They have a harmony with the Earth and from that harmony has grown a… — Ian Cohen
Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, but it is not necessarily admirable, nor is affectation altogether a thing of evil.… — Charles Horton Cooley
I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his… — Albert Einstein
Understanding does not come through analysis;understanding comes only when the mind is very quite,unburdened,no longer seeking success and therefore being thwarted,afraid of faluire. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Christian love comes from the understanding that there is a unity of divine origins in oneself and in other people, and not only in people,… — Leo Tolstoy
Modern Man is the victim of the very instruments he values most. Every gain in power, every mastery of natural forces, every scientific addition to… — Lewis Mumford
An amazing thing, the human brain. Capable of understanding incredibly complex and intricate concepts. Yet at times unable to recognize the obvious and simple. — Jay Abraham
Understanding how to be a good investor makes you a better business manager and vice versa. — Charlie Munger
A leader needs enough understanding to fashion an intelligent strategy. — John P. Kotter
Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of meaning, or for the exercise… — Joseph Story
Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things. It is the continuing revolution of the marketplace. It is the… — Ronald Reagan
The process of translating comprises in its essence the whole secret of human understanding of the world and of social communication. — Hans-Georg Gadamer
I have learned to live my life one step, one breath, and one moment at a time, but it was a long road. I set… — Muhammad Ali
Error is a supposition that pleasure and pain, that intelligence, substance, life, are existent in matter. Error is neither Mind nor one of Mind's faculties.… — Mary Baker Eddy
Audible prayer can never do the works of spiritual understanding, which regenerates; but silent prayer, watchfulness, and devout obedience enable us to follow Jesus example.… — Mary Baker Eddy
The airplane is just a bunch of sticks and wires and cloth, a tool for learning about the sky and about what kind of person… — Richard Bach
Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to… — Thomas Jefferson
The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me [as President] according to the safe and honest meaning contemplated by the plain… — Thomas Jefferson

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