We Understand Quotes

395 quotes by 335 authors

Real giving is when we give to our spouses what's important to them, whether we understand it, like it, agree with it, or not. — Michele Weiner-Davis
Since the brain is unlike any other structure in the known universe, it seems reasonable to expect that our understanding of its functioning - if… — Richard Restak
Pity arises when we are sorry for someone.Compassion is when we understand and help wisely. — Gautama Buddha
Literature is always best when it is celebrating its subjects darkly. ... And because it is often by describing the thing lost - a family,… — Bill Buford
We understand why children are afraid of darkness ... but why are men afraid of light? — Plato
Many of us reject all of the inferior meanings and connotations that others project onto femininity - that it is weak, artificial, frivolous, demure, and… — Julia Serano
The whole climate of thought will be different. In fact there will be no thought, as we understand it now. Orthodoxy means not thinking -… — George Orwell
Forgiveness is not a matter of feeling superior, of feeling sorry for our parents because they didn't' know any better. It comes when we understand… — Gerald Jampolsky
The more we understand individual things, the more we understand God. — Baruch Spinoza
That is a question we cannot answer before, or even during, the trials. Only when we have overcome them do we understand why they were… — Paulo Coelho
We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events. — Daniel Kahneman
The illusion that we understand the past fosters overconfidence in our ability to predict the future. — Daniel Kahneman
Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so. — Fredrik Bajer
And so we understand that the atonement of Jesus Christ gives us the opportunity to overcome spiritual death that results from sin, and, through making… — Dallin H. Oaks
While understanding the 'what' and the 'how' of the gospel is necessary, the eternal fire and majesty of the gospel springs from the 'why.' When… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Then we understand that rebellion cannot exist without a strange form of love. Those who find no rest in God or in history are condemned… — Albert Camus
One of the significant facts about the moment of birth is that it is an unconscious moment. No one ever knows when he is being… — Sterling W Sill
One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story people often interrupted her to tell her that they once had… — Rachel Naomi Remen
As we have all said, we understand that electronic surveillance is a vital tool in the war on terror. We all want to know when… — Chris Van Hollen
If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will… — Edward Bernays

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