Understanding Quotes

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In order to survive, a plurality of true communities would require not egalitarianism and tolerance but knowledge, an understanding of the necessity of local differences,… — Wendell Berry
Artists are the seeds, brave enough to live and flower before humanity. Our soil is contemplation, our water, its understanding. Whether my petals be beautiful… — Rasun
Friendship among nations, as among individuals, calls for constructive efforts to muster the forces of humanity in order that an atmosphere of close understanding and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The wisdom and compassion a woman can intuitively experience in childbirth can make her a source of healing and understanding for other women. — Stephen Gaskin
Being on top of the world doesn't mean anything unless you know what it's like to be at the bottom. — Rachel Smith
True love is no game of the faint-hearted and the weak; it is born of strength and understanding. — Meher Baba
If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choose, every frustration can help you to be more… — Ralph Marston
The greatest weapons in the conquest of knowledge are an understanding mind and the inexorable curiosity that drives it on. — Isaac Asimov
Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep man searching for some time. — David R. Brower
When I say 'The Hunger For More', it could be referring to more success. It could be more money, or respect, more power, more understanding.… — Lloyd Banks
The fact that man produces a concept "I" besides the totality of his mental and emotional experiences or perceptions does not prove that there must… — Albert Einstein
Social thinking skills must be directly taught to children and adults with ASD. Doing so opens doors of social understandings in all areas of life. — Temple Grandin
What happens with your sex energy depends on how you use it. What it can become does not depend on it alone, but on your… — Rajneesh
To my understanding, sex is your only energy, it is life energy. What you do with it depends on you. It can become sin, and… — Rajneesh
I have been to this point unwilling to sign on to same-sex marriage primarily because of my understandings of the traditional definitions of marriage. But… — Barack Obama
Males do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual. The world is not to be divided into sheeps and goats. Not all things are… — Alfred Kinsey
Sometimes we may find that our partner continues to seek satisfaction in ways that we cannot live with. Nevertheless, when we decide to go our… — Peter Russell
That's what education should be," I said, "the art of orientation. Educators should devise the simplest and most effective methods of turning minds around. It… — Plato
Your career, interests and relationships are important, but they are only important insofar as they lead you toward a deeper understanding of yourself. Otherwise, they… — A. H. Almaas
The problems we face today, violent conflicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger and so on, are human-created problems which can be resolved through human effort,… — Dalai Lama

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