Understanding Quotes

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A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy.… — Joseph Addison
We have been counseled to "seek . . . out of the best books words of wisdom." It is pointed out in Proverbs, "Wisdom is… — Henry D. Taylor
All that the posture of skepticism accomplishes is to freeze the ego in an ignorantist poverty that never stretches or diversifies its resources of imagination… — Kenny Smith
But in the West it is very easy to dissolve the ego. So whenever a Western seeker reaches an understanding that ego is the problem… — Rajneesh
An inflated consciousness is always egocentric and conscious of nothing but its own existence. It is incapable of learning from the past, incapable of understanding… — Carl Jung
The key to the understanding of the character of the conscious lies in the region of the unconscious. — Unknown Author
If we wish to imitate the physical sciences, we must not imitate them in their contemporary, most developed form; we must imitate them in their… — Wolfgang Kohler
Not one idiot in a thousand has been entirely refractory to treatment, not one in a hundred has not been made more happy and healthy;… — Unknown Author
Now the word-symbols of conceptual ideas have passed so long from hand to hand in the service of the understanding, that they have gradually lost… — Wilhelm Wundt
Psychology must not only strive to become a useful basis for the other mental sciences, but it must also turn again and again to the… — Wilhelm Wundt
For my victory over Capablanca I am indebted primarily to my superiority in the field of psychology. Capablanca played, relying almost exclusively on his rich… — Alexander Alekhine
There is no doubt that Bronstein's shrewd understanding of chess psychology was crucial to his success. Without it, his impetuous style and technical flaws might… — Pal Benko
Advocates of psychiatric drugs often claim that the medications improve learning and the ability to benefit from psychotherapy, but the contrary is true. There are… — Peter Breggin
We may be able to tell how many stars are in the Milky Way; we may be able to count the petals of every flower,… — Henry Van Dyke
Dealing with our overweight - or with any of our life's difficulties, for that matter - is not a battle to be fought. Instead, we… — Nhat Hanh
Understanding and Love are not two separate things, but just one. To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living beings with the… — Nhat Hanh
Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. Love, and don't be caught in opinions and ideas… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Commandments are loving counsel from a wise Father. Our understanding and concept of God as a loving and personal Heavenly Father allows us no other… — Paul H. Dunn
The more you devote yourself to study of the sacred utterances, the richer will be your understanding of them, just as the more the soil… — Isidore of Seville
The more successful enterprises are the more they try to replicate, duplicate, codify what makes us great. And suddenly they're inward thinking. They're thinking how… — Lou Gerstner

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