Understood Quotes

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Pity can purge us of hostility and arouse feelings of identification with the characters, but it can also be a consoling reassurance which leads us… — Richard Wright
Earth is ancient now, but all knowledge is stored up in her. She keeps a record of everything that has happened since time began. Of… — Jeanette Winterson
I would rather be a swineherd, understood by the swine, than a poet misunderstood by men. — Soren Kierkegaard
We're forever teetering on the brink of the unknowable, and trying to understand what can't be understood. — Isaac Asimov
The mad sometimes drilled holes in their own heads to let the demons out. To relieve the pressure of thoughts they could no longer bear.… — Joe Hill
She’s got an indiscreet voice,” I remarked. “It’s full of-“ I hesitated. “Her voice is full of money,” he said suddenly. That was it. I’d… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test. The reason for some of these trials cannot be… — James E. Faust
Together we understood what terror was: you're not human anymore. You're a shadow. You slip out of your own skin, like molting, shedding your own… — Tim O'Brien
I understood now. This voice, the one that had been trying to get my attention all this time, calling out to me, begging me to… — Sarah Dessen
This was love at first sight, love everlasting: a feeling unknown, unhoped for, unexpected--in so far as it could be a matter of conscious awareness;… — Thomas Mann
The unicorn halted in her slow, desperate round of the cage, realizing for the first time that the magician understood her speech. He smiled, and… — Peter S. Beagle
...do not the bewitching power of all studies lie in that they continually open up to us new, unsuspected horizons, not yet understood, which entice… — Peter Kropotkin
I thought of a high school report I did on the Belgian artist Rene Magritte and a quote I once read from him, something about… — Sloane Crosley
God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
What is this gypsy passion for separation, this readiness to rush off when we've just met? My head rests in my hands as I realize,… — Marina Tsvetaeva
Quantum theory thus reveals a basic oneness of the universe. It shows that we cannot decompose the world into independently existing smallest units. As we… — Fritjof Capra
When you've understood this scripture, throw it away. If you can't understand this scripture, throw it away. I insist on your freedom. — Jack Kerouac
Now I know I am an intellectual. I saw Malcolm Muggeridge on the television last night, and I understood nearly every word. It all adds… — Sue Townsend
No adolescent ever wants to be understood, which is why they complain about being misunderstood all the time. — Stephen Fry
Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood. — Friedrich Nietzsche
But guilt is guilt. It doesn't go away. It can't be nullified. It can't even be fully understood, I'm certain - it's roots run too… — J D Salinger
Every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. (23-24) — Jean Vanier
She had grown older. And he loved her more now than he had loved her when he understood her better, when she was the product… — Michael Ondaatje
It's a beautiful religion and I wish I understood it more. No, I don't want to understand it all. It's beautiful because it's always a… — Betty Smith
People hide their truest nature. I understood that; I even applauded it. What sort of world would it be if people bled all over the… — Alice Hoffman

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