Understanding Quotes
Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to the understanding of mankind.
God is raising up a new standard, a new banner if you will, that's going to radically change the expression, the understanding of Christianity in our generation.
Understanding like the eye; whilst it makes us see and perceive all things, takes no notice of itself; and it requires art and pains to set it at a distance and make it its own subject.
In my opinion, being an effective leader requires being an effective listener. The most productive leaders are usually those who are consistently willing to listen and learn.
Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting. It means the memories last, even if contact is lost.
In my opinion, understanding who your target audience is, and what they want, and writing to them (and only them!) is the most important component of being successful as an author.
I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
Nasr combines in his writing audacious intellectual criticism, deep understanding of Islam... and a commitment to the Western-European contributions to the emancipation of the human condition.
Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.
One thing I have learned in my 46 years on this planet is that the greatest opportunity for growth and understanding comes through the challenges that we encounter.
Michael seems to have lost his values temporarily. He just has to be worked with, disciplined and talked to and given some tender loving care and understanding.
Is your work an interpretation of your understanding of reality, or is it simply a picture of your feelings?
The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.
I've found that knowing the material or the policy or the facts better than anyone else in the room is so empowering - and that means fully understanding them.
Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold on to or reject anything.
This will wreck you! Today, treat everyone you meet as if they're going to be dead by midnight. extend all the kindness and understanding you can, and do it with no thought of any reward.
Experience isn't interesting until it begins to repeat itself. In fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience.
You mature as far as your understanding of what it's going to take, and you increase your stamina. You don't let frustration overtake you when you're looking for change.
This truth must be recognized as a dogma and assume the validity of an axiom in the general understanding of painting
What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.
Success isn't something you chase. It's something you have to put forth the effort for constantly. Then maybe it'll come when you least expect it. Most people don't understand that.
I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.
Be kind, be decent, be generous, be tolerant, compassionate, and understanding. Be fast to praise, slow to judge. Remember, we're all human, and don't cast the first stone.
Understanding, love and tolerance are the highest forms of interest on out small and interdependent planet.
It is difficult to judge one's contemporaries; perhaps it is impossible to understand them.
The world was conquered through the understanding of dogs; the world exists through the understanding of dogs.
The thing itself is one; the images are many. What leads to a perceptive understanding of the thing is not the focus on one image, but the viewing of many images together.
Understanding has very specific component parts. These component parts are affinity, reality and communication.
Enlightenment is the liberation of man from his self-caused state of minority... Supere aude! Dare to use your own understanding!is thus the motto of the Enlightenment.
Understanding the diversity of our gifts enables us to begin taking the crucial step of trusting each other.
What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it
Because Jesus Christ suffered greatly, He understands our suffering. He understands our grief. We experience hard things so that we too may have increased compassion and understanding for others.
Too late, but I understand. That we don't perish of understanding everything too late, that is a miracle. But we do perish of that -- of just that.
We cannot afford not to fight for growth and understanding, even when it is painful, as it is bound to be.
To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living things with the eyes of compassion.
Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.
You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession.
Every week I get letters from people worldwide who feel that the possibilian point of view represents their understanding better than either religion or neo-atheism.
The process of growth is obviously critical to my understanding of the land and myself. So the process is far more unpredictable with far more compromises with the day, the weather, the material.