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Mason Cooley:When understanding would be too


When understanding would be too difficult, I become trusting.
by Mason Cooley


Mason Cooley:Every path to a new understanding


Every path to a new understanding begins in confusion.
by Mason Cooley


Soren Kierkegaard:It is the duty of the human


It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand, and what those things are. Human understanding has vulgarly occupied itself with nothing but understanding, but if it would only take the trouble to understand itself at the same time it would simply have to posit the paradox.
by Soren Kierkegaard


Vicki Baum:Marriage always demands the greatest


Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings.
by Vicki Baum


Samuel Richardson:People of little understanding


People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question.
by Samuel Richardson


Bible:And all who heard him were amazed at his


And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. (Luke 2:47)
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Bible:The peace of God, which passeth all


The peace of God, which passeth all understanding. (Philippians, 4:7)
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Apocrypha:Come hither, and I shall light a


Come hither, and I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out. (2 Esdras, 14:25)
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Minnie Maddern Fiske:People whose understanding


People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater.
by Minnie Maddern Fiske


Martin Luther King Jr.:Shallow understanding


Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
by Martin Luther King Jr.


Martin Luther King Jr.:Shallow understanding


Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
by Martin Luther King Jr.


Richard Louv:Here is the beginning of


Here is the beginning of understanding: most parents are doing their best, and most children are doing their best, and they’re doing pretty well, all things considered.
by Richard Louv


Bertrand Russell:The theoretical understanding


The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.
by Bertrand Russell


Lord Chesterfield:I am very sure that any man of


I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.
by Lord Chesterfield


Ovid:If it were in my power, I would be wiser;


If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power carries me off in spite of myself; love leads me one way, my understanding another.
by Ovid


Bible:Give your servant therefore an


Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil; for who can govern this your great people? (Hebrew, 1 Kings 3:9)
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Sydney J. Harris:It is easier to be a


It is easier to be a "humanitarian" than to render your own country its proper due; it is easier to be a "patriot" than to make your community a better place to live in; it is easier to be a "civic leader" than to treat your own family with loving understanding; for the smaller the focus of attention, the harder the task.
by Sydney J. Harris


Frederick Nietzsche:What else is love but


What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives, acts, and experiences otherwise than we do and crosswise to our purposes? For love to bridge these opposites through joy it must not eliminate or deny them.—Even self-love presupposes an irreconcilable duality (or multiplicity) in a single person.
by Frederick Nietzsche


Akhenaton:If thou wouldst preserve understanding


If thou wouldst preserve understanding and health to old age, avoid the allurements of Voluptuousness, and fly from her temptations...For if thou hearkenest unto the words of the Adversary, thou art deceived and betrayed. The joy which she promiseth changeth to madness, and her enjoyments lead on to diseases and death.
by Akhenaton


Dewitt Bodeen:I know what love is. It’s


I know what love is. It’s understanding. It’s you and me and let the rest of the world go by. Just the two of us living our lives together happily and proudly. No self-torture and no doubt. It’s enduring and it’s everlasting. Nothing can change it. Nothing can change us, Ollie. That’s what I think love is.
by Dewitt Bodeen


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