Understanding Quotes

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In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine. — J. William Fulbright
Those who enter the gates of heaven are not beings who have no passions or who have curbed the passions, but those who have cultivated… — William Blake
It is not a question of sitting silently, it is not a question of chanting a mantra. It is a question of understanding the subtle… — Rajneesh
Meditation is an insight that all goals are false. Meditation is an understanding that desires don't lead anywhere. Seeing that... And this is not a… — Rajneesh
I love what I think, and I'm never tempted to believe it. Thoughts are like the wind or the leaves on the trees or the… — Byron Katie
Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration. — Nhat Hanh
Make us worthy, Lord, to serve those people throughout the world who live and die in poverty and hunger. Give them through our hands, this… — Mother Teresa
I simply wanted to experience the presence of this man who had revolutionized my understanding. After a while we sat in silence, gazing at the… — Huston Smith
In this simple but profound psychological way Scripture tells the history of the fall and of the origin of sin. In this way sin continues… — Herman Bavinck
Reality is, after all, too big for our frail understanding to fully comprehend. Nevertheless, we have to build our life on the theory which contains… — Subhas Chandra Bose
In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than pursue a course… — Douglas MacArthur
An essential part of any successful action on the part of the United States is an understanding on the part of the people of America… — George C. Marshall
With understanding, those we love will certainly flower. — Nhat Hanh
For after all what is man in nature? A nothing in relation to infinity, all in relation to nothing, a central point between nothing and… — Blaise Pascal
Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I don't need to apologize for my behavior you need to apologize for not understanding. — Bar Refaeli
Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure. Give us the faith to trust… — Frank Borman
Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally… — Louis D. Brandeis
Leadership is understanding people and involving them to help you do a job. That takes all of the good characteristics, like integrity, dedication of purpose,… — Arleigh Burke
Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect. — Dominique Pire

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