Quotes by Understanding We are told we must choose - the old or the new. In fact, we must choose both. What is a life if not a series of negotiations between the old and the new? Susan Sontag understandingchoicesfacts B.O.B. and I have a longtime understanding - when we're done with each other, we know exactly which one of us has been used, and it isn't me. Good night Gideon. Sylvia Day gideongood-nightunderstanding Understanding human nature is the highest knowledge, and only by knowing it can we know God. It is also a fact that the knowledge of God is the highest knowledge, and only by knowing God can we understand human nature. Swami Vivekananda knowledge-of-godunderstandingknowing I want to taste and glory in each day, and never be afraid to experience pain; and never shut myself up in a numb core of nonfeeling, or stop questioning and criticizing life and take the easy way out. To learn and think: to think and live; to live and learn: this always, with new insight, new understanding, and new love. Sylvia Plath painunderstandingthinking All possibility of understanding is rooted in the ability to say no. Susan Sontag possibilityabilityunderstanding If we have a hope of really understanding our place in nature and of carving out a place for ourselves that is sustainable, it's primarily because of the new level of communication. It used to be, 'What you don't have in your mind, you have on your shelf.' But now we have the Web. Sylvia Earle communicationunderstandingnature The circle of our understanding is a very restricted area. T. S. Eliot areascirclesunderstanding There is an important erotic element in A Thousand and One Nights, which is one of the keys to understanding the Orient. Tahar Ben Jelloun understandingkeysnight I constantly remind myself that there are terrible movies out there. I try to watch them, some of them, to give myself an understanding of what not to do. Taika Waititi understandingtryinggiving If you're tracking with a character that's running off a thing and diving off, I would leave the camera there and not follow them down, because cameras don't do that. The audience understands that. I'll definitely bring that understanding of keeping things a bit more grounded. Taika Waititi understandingrunningcharacter If we all were judged according to the consequences Of all our words and deeds, beyond the intention And beyond our limited understanding Of ourselves and others, we should all be condemned. T. S. Eliot our-wordsunderstandingdeeds Knowledge is not power, it is only potential. Applying that knowledge is power. Understanding why and when to apply that knowledge is wisdom! Takeda Shingen understanding-whyknowledge-is-powerunderstanding One is not likely to achieve understanding from the explanation of another. Takuan Soho achievementachieveunderstanding Certainly in order to understand the natural world one needs clarity, logic, and the capacity for theory building. But that understanding tends to improve because and to the extent that it is provisional, hypothetical, when it looks for disconfirmation in the particular rather than final proof as a universal. Talal Asad finalsunderstandingorder A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after - and their subtleties make most of the great European philosophers look like schoolboys. T. S. Eliot effortunderstandingphilosophy I think as much as the city is changing us, our experience inside the city also changes. I think, a city like Cairo - and it's interesting because yesterday, a friend of mine told me the same this thing about New York - is a city that you can't control. It's very bold and very aggressive, and it will constantly resist any attempt at control. But even though you can't control it, you can find your path within the city. You can come to a better understanding of your relationship with it. Tamer El Said understandinginterestingthinking My friendships and relationships in the conservative world are not predicated on political correctness and enforced conformity of thought. They are based, instead, on mutual respect, honesty and understanding - concepts many modern liberals should consider revisiting. Tammy Bruce honestypoliticalunderstanding Our understanding of the human brain can be dramatically accelerated if we collect and share research data on an exponentially wider scale. Tan Le dataunderstandingbrain To learn and think; to think and live; to live and learn: this always, with new insight, new understanding, and new love. Sylvia Plath live-and-learnunderstandingthinking Yes Headwoman Azaze. But I never lie to Rosethorn. She, um, discourages it." "Evvy and I have an understanding." She grabbed the teakettle and poured hot water into the mug. "She tells me the truth, and I don't hang her in the first well we come to. It's a solution that works tolerably well for both of us. Tamora Pierce understandingwaterlying«162163164165166167168169170171172»
