Quotes by Understanding Knowledge for the sake of understanding, not merely to prevail, that isthe essence of ourbeing.None candefine its limits, or set its ultimate boundaries. Vannevar Bush understandingessencesake If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world Vannevar Bush logicalunderstandingworld My primary motivation for writing is to communicate my perceptions and insights into the human condition, in a way that may provide understanding, comfort, and company to others. Vanna Bonta motivationunderstandingwriting My fascination for studies proved highly beneficial, it assisted the development of my aesthetic understanding of chess, and improved my endgame play. Vasily Smyslov fascinationunderstandingplay It's a very special generation, because during our careers the computer entered chess. So we know how to play without computers, which is also important. We can analyse without computers. I am not saying that younger players cannot do this, but we are more in the habit of doing this. That's important to improve your chess understanding. Vassily Ivanchuk careersunderstandingplayer A child playing with dolls may shed heartfelt tears when his bundle of rags and scraps becomes deathly ill and dies ... So we may come to an understanding of language as playing with dolls: in language, scraps of sound are used to make dolls and replace all the things in the world. Velimir Khlebnikov understandingpoetrychildren By introducing you to yourself it enables you to discover for yourself the true meaning of life and thus enrich every moment of it. Such self-discovery can lead to greater understanding of fellow-beings and therefore to true love. Venkatesananda Saraswati understandingselfdiscovery Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it's the understanding of something. Vernon Howard acquisitionunderstanding We will soon create intelligences greater than our own ... When this happens, human history will have reached a kind of singularity, an intellectual transition as impenetrable as the knotted space-time at the center of a black hole, and the world will pass far beyond our understanding. Vernor Vinge blackspaceunderstanding Here I had tried a straightforward extrapolation of technology, and found myself precipitated over an abyss. It's a problem we face every time we consider the creation of intelligences greater than our own. When this happens, human history will have reached a kind of singularity - a place where extrapolation breaks down and new models must be applied - and the world will pass beyond our understanding. Vernor Vinge technologyunderstandingworld We’re long on high principles and short on simple human understanding. Vernor Vinge understandingsimplelong We are slaves to whatever we don't understand. Vernon Howard slaveunderstanding A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them. Vernon Howard emotionunderstandingnegative We cannot be free of nagging desires through suppression. This is like trying to keep a rubber boat beneath the water. But we remove compulsive desires altogether by understanding their nature. Vernon Howard understandingdesirewater Any attempt at understanding humanity must include an explanation of the hold that supernatural belief continues to have on most of the human race. Victor J. Stenger understandingracehumanity There are none so ignorant but they may be taught. So, too, are there none so unfortunate in their understanding of the true and high relation of the sexes as not to be amenable to the right kind of instruction. Victoria Woodhull ignorantunderstandingsex In the early period of Left struggles, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, there were many different trajectories for the struggle, whether you call it 'syndicalism' or 'anarchism' or, at the time, 'social democracy', eventually 'Communism', these were different theories of struggle. But all of them shared a basic understanding that the people...experience exploitation, they experience oppression, but they're not prepared to rise up. Vijay Prashad understandingstrugglepeople Can you join, ask sincerely for affection without sweaty hand of expectation, understanding and accepting if it never is given? Viggo Mortensen understandingexpectationshands The true foundation of all culture is the knowledge and understanding of water. Viktor Schauberger foundationunderstandingwater What do we mean by "knowledge" or "understanding"? And how do billions of neurons achieve them? These are complete mysteries. Admittedly, cognitive neuroscientists are still very vague about the exact meaning of words like "understand," "think," and indeed the word "meaning" itself. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran understandingmeanthinking«171172173174175176177178179180181»
