Quotes by Understanding The truth is always the strongest argument. Sophocles prussiaunderstandingtruth In order to help another effectively, I must understand what he understands. If I do not know that, my greater understanding will be of no help to him... instruction begins when you put yourself in his place so that you may understand what he understands and in the way he understands it. Soren Kierkegaard learningunderstandingorder People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me. Soren Kierkegaard understandinginspirationalpeople It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand. Soren Kierkegaard dutyunderstandinghumans The absurd . . . the fact that with God all things are possible. The absurd is not one of the factors which can be discriminated within the proper compass of the understanding: it is not identical with the improbable, the unexpected, the unforeseen. Soren Kierkegaard unexpectedunderstandingfacts 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. Soren Kierkegaard paradoxunderstandingtrouble The key to personal style is understanding your individual beauty enough to know which looks will work for you and which probably won't. Stacy London styleunderstandingkeys A man may perform astonishing feats and comprehend a vast amount of knowledge, and yet have no understanding of himself. But suffering directs a man to look within. If it succeeds, then there, within him, is the beginning of his learning. Soren Kierkegaard understandingsufferingmen Whenever the deity contrives misfortunes for a man, he first harms their understanding. Sophocles understandingmenfirsts Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand. Stanisław I Leszczyński understandingsciencebelieve By banning psychedelic research we have not only given up the study of an interesting drug or group of substances, but also abandoned one of the most promising approaches to the understanding of the human mind and consciousness. Stanislav Grof drugunderstandinginteresting Whether or not LSD research and therapy will return to society, the discoveries that psychedelics made possible have revolutionary implications for our understanding of the psyche, human nature, and the nature of reality. Stanislav Grof understandingdiscoveryreality Our age is essentially one of understanding and reflection, without passion, momentarily bursting into enthusiasm and shrewdly relapsing into repose. Soren Kierkegaard passionunderstandingreflection Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity. Stanislav Grof finalsunderstandingchallenges The twentieth century had dispensed with the formal declaration of war and introduced the fifth column, sabotage, cold war, and war by proxy, but that was only the begining. Summit meetings for disarmament pursued mutual understanding and a balance of power but were also held to learn the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy. The world of the war-or-peace alternative became a world in which war was peace and peace war. Stanislaw Lem understandingwarenemy Another hallmark of Christianity is that salvation is not individualistic-it's not something one person receives for himself or herself. Salvation is the reign of God. It is a political alternative to the way the world is constituted. That's a very important part of the story that has been lost to accounts of salvation that are centered in the individual. But without an understanding that salvation is the reign of God, the need for the church to mediate salvation makes no sense at all. Stanley Hauerwas politicalunderstandingchurch All you can teach is understanding. The rest comes on its own. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj teachunderstanding Silence is the demon's trap, and the more one is silenced, the more terrible the demon; but silence is also the divinity's mutual understanding with the single individual. Soren Kierkegaard divinitysilenceunderstanding Depth of understanding involves something which is more than merely a matter of deconstructive alertness; it involves a measure of interpretative charity and at least the beginnings of a wide responsiveness. Stefan Collini charitydepthunderstanding Freedom is about a way of thinking. Freedom is about understanding that you can do anything that you want and freedom is about being able to take information and education and make it relevant to your own growth every single day. Freedom is not staying in the box. Freedom is not doing what other people want you to do. Stedman Graham understandingpeoplethinking«157158159160161162163164165166167»
