Quotes by Understanding The evolution of the cosmos invokes in me a sense of mystery; the increase in biodiversity invokes the response of humility; and an understanding of the evolution of death offers me helpful ways to think about my own death. Ursula Goodenough understandinghumilitythinking It is as we respond to the understandings and feelings inherent in . . . art that we acquire much of our truth, much of our nobility and grace, and much of our pleasure. Ursula Goodenough understandinggraceart Early humans, bursting with questions about Nature but with limited understanding of its dynamics, explained things in terms of supernatural persons and person-animals who delivered the droughts and floods and plagues. . . . Ursula Goodenough understandinganimalreligion At this point, realism is perhaps the least adequate means of understanding or portraying the incredible realities of our existence. Ursula K. Le Guin understandingmeanreality Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting. It means the memories last, even if contact is lost. Unknown understandingmemoriesmean True understanding is the spur of genius Ursula K. Le Guin mentorspursunderstanding As in everything else, I must start with myself. That is: in all circumstances try to be decent, just, tolerant, and understanding, and at the same time try to resist corruption and deception. In other words, I must do my utmost to act in harmony with my conscience and my better self. Vaclav Havel deceptionunderstandingself By the time I returned to Czechoslovakia, I had an understanding of the principles of the market. Vaclav Klaus pragueunderstandingprinciples It cannot suffice to invent new machines, new regulations, new institutions. It is necessary to change and improve our understanding of the true purpose of what we are and what we do in the world. Only such a new understanding will allow us to develop new models of behavior, new scales of values and goals, and thereby invest the global regulations, treaties and institutions with a new spirit and meaning. Vaclav Havel understandingpurposegoal There appear to be no integrating forces, no unified meaning, no true inner understanding of phenomena in our experience of the world. Experts can explain anything in the objective world to us, yet we understand our own lives less and less. In short, we live in the postmodern world, where everything is possible and almost nothing is certain. Vaclav Havel understandingexpertsworld Our country, if that is what we want, can now permanently radiate love, understanding, the power of the spirit and of ideas. It is precisely this glow that we can offer as our specific contribution to international politics. Vaclav Havel understandingcountryideas It's a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine. Valentino Rossi machineswork-outunderstanding It seems to me that every step forward in my life has been one that brings me to a better understanding of this: that you do your thing every day the best that you can, and you approach any success at it with humility. Val Kilmer understandinghumilitysteps I think President Barack Obama came to office with quite fundamental understandings in his mind about what's possible and what's not possible in the Middle East. The first, I would say, revolutionary breakthrough that he introduced is that the Middle East doesn't matter to American geostrategy as much as we think. Vali Nasr officeunderstandingthinking How obvious it is that color has its various connotations-hue, value, and intensity - and without the basic understanding of these three determining factors, we are somewhat limited in the proper use of color in rooms. Van Day Truex designcolorunderstanding We need a much deeper understanding of exactly what it is our industrial society, in its present creation, is jeopardizing. We need a more profound perception of what is at stake. Van Jones understandingchangeprofound God chooses community sometimes to bear an unfair burden to force us to rise to the next level of consciousness and understanding. Van Jones next-levelcommunityunderstanding Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility... It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission. Vannevar Bush understandingsimplemen There is no hospitality like understanding. Vanna Bonta hospitalityunderstanding Understanding precedes peace. Vanna Bonta understandingpeace«170171172173174175176177178179180»
