Understanding Quotes

The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution of twisted propaganda.

Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding.

Habit may lead us to belief and expectation but not to the knowledge, and still less to the understanding, of lawful relations.

True love is born from understanding.

A wise man hears one word and understands two.

Each day I move toward that which I do not understand. The result is a continuous accidental learning which constantly shapes my life.

Lust hath these three companions: the first, blindness of understanding; the second, hardness of heart; the third, want of grace.

The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.

Intelligence cannot be present without understanding. No computer has any awareness of what it does.

If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.

There are two kinds of airplanes - those you fly and those that fly you . . . You must have a distinct understanding at the very start as to who is the boss.

I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams.

The Bible will always be full of things you cannot understand, as long as you will not live according to those you can understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding...

Whenever we proceed from the known to the unkown we may hope to understand, but we may have to learn at the same time a new meaning of the word 'understanding'

When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.

Readiness is a student’s entry point relative to a particular understanding or skill.

The giving of love and understanding is an education in itself.

The essential functions of the mind consist in understanding and in inventing, in other words, in building up structures by structuring reality.

Knowledge without understanding is useless.

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

I used to get upset by people not understanding me, but I’ve made a career out of it now.

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.

We often attribute 'understanding' and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars, adding machines, and other artifacts, but nothing is proved by such attributions.

We're fascinated by the words--but where we meet is in the silence behind them.

The greatest weapons in the conquest of knowledge are an understanding mind and the inexorable curiosity that drives it on.

Leave people to their opinions and judgements. They cannot harm you; it is their understanding that is faulty, not yours.

There are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with, but you will find the right film or the right book, and it will understand you.

A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.

If we could allow the pace of our meetings to slow down to the pace of our hearts, we might find genuine understanding.

I have a confidence in my understanding of formal aesthetics and I don't want to be aware of it or make that my problem.

Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.

Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

Writing about people helps us to understand them, and understanding them helps us to accept them as part of ourselves.

The true foundation of all culture is the knowledge and understanding of water.

I was a long time learning that wisdom and experience are things apart; that to taste life is not to be confused with understanding what life is really all about.

Understanding of being is itself a determination of being of Da-sein.

Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.

Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.

Knowledge is power but only wisdom is liberty.

Love has been called the most effective motivational force in all the world. When love is at work in us, it is remarkable how giving and forgiving, understanding and tolerant we can be.

The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.

Never invest in a company without understanding its finances. The biggest losses in stocks come from companies with poor balance sheets.

Marinate in your own being, grow in your wisdom, mature in understanding, be firm in your conviction, be strong in your Self.

Colonialism is the massive fog that has clouded our imaginations regarding who we could be, excised our memories of who we once were, and numbed our understanding of our current existence.

To consider mankind other than brethren...plainly supposes a darkness of understanding.

Men can only think. Women have a way of understanding without thinking. Woman was created out of God's own fancy. Man, He had to hammer into shape.

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it