Quotes by Understanding Much modern art is, at first sight, unnerving... in the contemporary world, we have come to expect instant response and immediate understanding. Nicholas Serota understandingsightart Einstein's theory, we know that it fails. In advance, we know it fails. So that a deeper understanding of nature is awaiting us. Neil deGrasse Tyson failingunderstandingtheory It's very important that there should be cross-fertilisation between government and academia. Both parties can benefit from having a better understanding of how the other works. Nicholas Stern partygovernmentunderstanding There are three kinds of minds: first those that attain insight and understanding of things by their own means, then those that recognize what is right when others explain it to them, and finally those that are capable of neither one nor the other. Niccolo Machiavelli understandingmindmean Every one of us sees 'green' differently. So everything is an approximation of understanding. Nick Bantock approximationgreenunderstanding The equivocations, the confusions, the contradictions. There's no way we can live through or comprehend something so big that happened so long ago. We've lost true history. But if we are willing to tolerate the contradictions, and if we suffer through events rather than ticking them off, we may at least get closer to understanding what happened than if we grip the handrail of a carefully polished and reassuringly heroic narrative. Nicholson Baker long-agoconfusionunderstanding It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community -a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living. This may be the most important thing we can do for the survival of the earth. Nhat Hanh communityunderstandingkindness Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act. Nhat Hanh understandingcompassionmeditation Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge. Nhat Hanh understandingwisdommean There are three kinds of brains: One understands of itself, another can be taught to understand, and the third can neither understand to itself or be taught to understand. Niccolo Machiavelli threeunderstandingbrain Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding. Nicholas Sparks notebookunderstandingpoetry Shallow understanding accompanies poor compassion; great understanding goes with great compassion. Nhat Hanh povertyunderstandingcompassion Without full awareness of breathing, there can be no development of meditative stability and understanding. Nhat Hanh breathingdevelopmentunderstanding Everyone is always going through tough things, the irony in it is that everyone thinks what they're going through is just as hard as what you are. Life isn't about surviving this, it's about understanding this. Nicholas Sparks ironyunderstandingthinking When we say, "I take refuge in the Buddha," we should also understand that "The Buddha takes refuge in me," because without the second part the first part is not complete. The Buddha needs us for awakening, understanding, and love to be real things and not just concepts. They must be real things that have real effects on life. Whenever I say, "I take refuge in the Buddha," I hear "the Buddha takes refuge in me." Nhat Hanh and-loveunderstandingreal Such an arrangement would provide Taiwan and China with a forum for dialogue whereby they may forge closer ties based on mutual understanding and respect, leading to permanent peace in the Taiwan Strait. Nick Lampson taiwanunderstandingties What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding? Nick Lowe toleranceunderstandingpeace In each of us is a seed of understanding. The seed is God. Nhat Hanh understandingfaith-in-godfaith So where are the strongAnd who are the trusted?And where is the harmony?Sweet harmony -'cause each time I feel it slippin away, it just makes me wanna cry:What's so funny 'bout Peace, Love, and Understanding? Nick Lowe causesunderstandingsweet The nice thing about animation is that you can realise your inventions without understanding all the hard theory. Nick Park inventionniceunderstanding«123124125126127128129130131132133»
