Quotes by Understanding Followers of the Way [of Chán], if you want to get the kind of understanding that accords with the Dharma, never be misled by others. Whether you're facing inward or facing outward, whatever you meet up with, just kill it! If you meet a buddha, kill the buddha. If you meet a patriarch, kill the patriarch. If you meet an arhat, kill the arhat. If you meet your parents, kill your parents. If you meet your kinfolk, kill your kinfolk. Then for the first time you will gain emancipation, will not be entangled with things, will pass freely anywhere you wish to go. Linji Yixuan understandingparentwish The only sin I think a commander in chief can make is exaggerating successes and not understanding the challenges. Lindsey Graham understandingchallengesthinking Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. Lionel Trilling obscurityadvantageunderstanding I like playing against guys because of their athleticism and understanding of the game. Lisa Leslie guyunderstandinggames Photography starts with the projection of the photographer, his understanding of life and himself into the picture. Lisette Model understandingphotographyphotographer Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material are secondary. Libba Bray appreciateunderstandingschool Language is one of the fundamental principles of human understanding. It is the way we interact with each other and how we grasp the world we live in. Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done. Linus Torvalds understandingprinciplesfundamentals When I say 'The Hunger For More', it could be referring to more success. It could be more money, or respect, more power, more understanding. All of those things lead up to that hunger for more, because my more isn't everybody else's more. I feel like I made it already, because I got already what everybody on the corners of the neighborhood I grew up in is striving to get. God forbid anything happen to me, my family is straight. So anything that happens after this is just me progressing as a person. Lloyd Banks progressunderstandinggod An understanding of Jesus is not a mere matter of intelligence. He has to be accepted by faith. Lloyd C. Douglas understandingmatterjesus Libertarianism is a theory of politics that is so compelling that once you have absorbed it, it becomes the lens through which you end up understanding all economic and political events. Llewellyn Rockwell eventspoliticalunderstanding Surely only correct understanding could lead to correct action. Lois McMaster Bujold understandingaction The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding. Lord Acton atheismunderstandingheart Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. Lord Chesterfield fashionunderstandingmind Nothing convinces persons of a weak understanding so effectually, as what they do not comprehend. Lord Chesterfield understandingignoranceweak The heart has such an influence over the understanding, that it is worth while to engage it in our interest. Lord Chesterfield influenceunderstandingheart I began to learn acceptance, direction, understanding and perception - all elements that had been sadly lacking in my life. Lou Rawls understandingperceptionacceptance He stared at me with bitter understanding. We both knew there was no room in this for friendship. Nothing left but childhood history. Lisa Kleypas childhoodunderstandingrooms The company of women of fashion will improve your manners, though not your understanding; and that complaisance and politeness, which are so useful in men's company, can only be acquired in women's. Lord Chesterfield fashionunderstandingmen When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least. Lou Holtz supportunderstandingpeople Love of animals is a universal impulse, a common ground on which all of us may meet. By loving and understanding animals, perhaps we humans shall come to understand each other. Louis J. Camuti understandinganimallove«100101102103104105106107108109110»
