Better Quote by Michael Shermer

To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom.

— Bertrand Russell

We need to do a better job of understanding what the world is.

— Cameron Esposito

The task is not just to understand the world but to change it.

— Karl Marx

The world is not something to understand. Instead, you just adapt to it.

— Na Taejoo

You can pout about the way the world is as long as you want, but that's not going to change it. You've got to…

— Ariel Pink

Our world exists onlythrough our perception of it. Change our perception of our world and we change the world -- for us.

— Roger Dawson

When you see the world as it is, but insist on making it more like it could be, you matter.

— Seth

Seeing the world is a prerequisite to understanding one’s place in it.

— Josh Gates

I believe we are shown the path that is right as soon as we ask for it. Then we must live in the world…

— Marianne Williamson

We have to figure out why we see the world in different ways and then how are we going to adjust so that we…

— Celeste Ng

I do think so much of what I do is reactive to the way the world sees itself, or the way the world is…

— Terry Gilliam

I think the world's always a better place if people are filled with understanding.

— Richard Dawkins