Understood Quotes

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Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet. — Benjamin Hoff
From early on I valued the gift of memory above all others. I understood that as we grow older we carry a whole nation around… — Jane Hamilton
It was about forgiving. I understood that forgiveness itself was strong, durableâ€”like strands of a web weaving around us, holding us. — Jane Hamilton
Love properly understood is Godâ€”the font of all creation and the ultimate goal of all desires; God properly understood is love. — Miroslav Volf
My message is not wholly understood; only poets understand it. — Miguel Serrano
The feeling it gave me was an odd combination of weightless self-pity and excitement. I understood my life was meaningless, and this knowledge freed me… — Matt de la Pena
To be one of God's lilies means an interior abandonment of the rarest kind. It means that we are to be infinitely passive, and yet… — Hannah Whitall Smith
Sometimes you search so hard for words. You look for a way to interpret the language of this heart and the unspoken bond you feel.… — Yasmin Mogahed
I fully understood what I was doing when I shot the president. I realized that I was sacrificing my life. I am willing to take… — Leon Czolgosz
What I suddenly understood was that a thank-you note isn't the price you pay for receiving a gift, as so many children think it is,… — Will Schwalbe
The world doesnâ€™t fully make sense until the writer has secured his version of it on the page. And the act of writing is strangely… — Betsy Lerner
I finally understood: In order to contribute to Africa, I would have to know myself better and be clearer about my goals. I would have… — Jacqueline Novogratz
Since the so-called Age of Enlightenment, our shaky anthropocentric, rationalist egos have been brainwashed to forget what 'primitive' cultures once understood: Animals can be manifestations… — Zeena Schreck
Modern materialists and religious extremists alike lack the spiritual animistic reverence for non-human beings that every culture once understood as a given. — Zeena Schreck
I understood public relations and always maintained a high profile. — Earl Butz
Computers are scary. Theyre nightmares to fix, lose our stuff, and, on occasion, they crash, producing the blue screen of death. Steve Jobs knew this.… — Wesley Morris
I have never understood why a woman must have a man to take her into dinner. — Jude Morgan
The correct scientific response to something that is not understood must always be to look harder for the explanation, not give up and assume a… — David Attenborough
There is a happiness in Deism, when rightly understood, that is not to be found inany other system of religion. All other systems have something… — Thomas Paine
The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties. — Thomas Jefferson

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