Quotes by Understanding The nation as the horizon of an identity that you want to come into being as a fundamental absence of something that is compromised, something that needs to be rescued or made - these matters preoccupy the third world writer. It is seductive for a Marxist understanding of literary practice and production in the sense that it says that material culture determines literary output. Mark McMorris seductiveunderstandingpractice An important contribution to a much-neglected but very important subject. No other author has set out to do what Davenport accomplishes, which is a systematic study of how key representatives of America's rising tide of religion attempted a theoretical understanding of, and practical response to, America's rising tide of commerce. Mark Noll understandingkeysamerica The combination of extremist ideology, a warped understanding of reality and nuclear weapons is a combination that no-one in the international community can accept. Mark Regev communityunderstandingreality Now it seems to me that we are in a universalising period... If we are to have world peace, we should have an understanding of all the idioms of beauty because the members of humanity who have created these idioms of beauty are going to be a part of us. And I would say that we are in a period when we are discovering and becoming acquainted with these idioms for the first time. Mark Tobey understandinghumanityshould-have We shall make progress towards Swaraj only if we do everything thoughtfully and with understanding. Mahatma Gandhi progressunderstandingifs So often I wonder whether it is my right to capitalize, as I feel, so often, on the grief of others. But then I justify, in my own particular thoughts, by feeling that I can contribute a little to the understanding of what others are going through; then there is reason for doing it. Mark Z. Danielewski understandinggrieffeelings Building a mission and building a business go hand-in-hand. It is true that the primary thing that makes me excited about what we're doing is the mission, but I also think, from the very beginning, we've had this healthy understanding which is that we need to do both. Mark Zuckerberg understandinghandsthinking Explanation is not half as strong as experience but experience is not half as strong as experience and understanding Mark Z. Danielewski understandingstronghalf There are some audiences who are uncomfortable with the ambiguity, though. They want a film to chew their food for them, they want Hollywood endings that tie everything together in the end and answer all of the questions. They are usually people on one extreme of the political spectrum or other and they haven't been happy because the film is not polemical enough on their side. They aren't usually people who aren't interested in understanding points of view that they disagree with - they just want to attack their opponents - and I'm ok with them not liking the film. Marshall Curry politicalunderstandingpeople The major challenge of most executives is not understanding the practice of leadership - it is practicing their understanding of leadership. Marshall Goldsmith understandingpracticechallenges The Chinese philosopher Chuang-Tzu stated that true empathy requires listening with the whole being: The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing. The hearing of the understanding is another. But the hearing of the spirit is not limited to any one faculty, to the ear, or to the mind. Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct grasp of what is right there before you that can never be heard with the ear or understood with the mind. Marshall B. Rosenberg empathyunderstandinglistening Education in the understanding of citizenship is a short-term affair if we are honest and earnest. Mahatma Gandhi honestunderstandingeducation With problems and issues groups face- there is an enormous disconnect between understanding and doing. Marshall Goldsmith issuesgroupsunderstanding The best way I can get understanding from another person is to give this person the understanding, too. If I want them to hear my needs and feelings, I first need to empathize. Marshall B. Rosenberg empathyunderstandinggiving Between understanding and faith immediate connections must subsist. Marquis de Sade connectionsunderstandingfaith Before you hate something you should try to understand it. Martha Grimes hateunderstandingtrying Everybody experiences far more than he understands. Yet it is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior. Marshall McLuhan influencebehaviorunderstanding Intellectual understanding blocks empathy. Marshall B. Rosenberg empathyblockunderstanding Reason has to be strengthened by suffering, and suffering opens the eyes of understanding. 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