Quotes by Understanding One sometimes gets the impression that those intimidating words are there to keep us from understanding. That way, the scholars can appear Superior, and will not likely be suspected of Not Knowing Something. Benjamin Hoff understanding knowing way Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another. Benjamin Whichcote understanding christian men Sadly, as a songwriter you sooner or later finish developing your musical understanding. Bent Saether sooner-or-later musical understanding Self-conscious artiness is fatal, but it certainly would not hurt to study composition in general. Having a basic understanding of composition would help construct a better organized image. Berenice Abbott understanding hurt self There are three things I have loved but never understood. Art, music and women. Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle three understanding art Thoroughly understand what it is to understand, and not only will you understand the broad lines of all there is to be understood but also you will possess a fixed base, an invariant pattern, opening upon all further developments of understanding. Bernard Lonergan patterns development understanding Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height and depth, that is the eternity, the love, the goodness, and the wisdom of God. Bernard of Clairvaux understanding soul two Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing. Bernard of Clairvaux invisible-things invisible understanding You're always trying to balance your understanding of who you are and what you need, and your longing and imaginings of freedom. Bernardine Dohrn always-trying balance understanding Our problem is that sound is not important in our culture. We know the world from the visual, not from the other senses. I had to be taught other ways of understanding. Bernie Krause music silence understanding The last point that I'd make. I had a hearing. I had all of the veterans groups in front of me. And I said to them, tell me when a veteran gets in to the V.A., understanding there are waiting lines and real problems, when a veteran gets into the system, is the quality of care good? Bernie Sanders understanding real waiting It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality. Bertolt Brecht understanding desire reality At first it seems obvious, but the more you think about it the stranger the deductions from this axiom seem to become; in the end you cease to understand what is meant by it. Bertrand Russell understanding math thinking For all professional pilots there exists a kind of guild, without charter and without by-laws. it demands no requirements for inclusion save an understanding of the wind, the compass, the rudder, and fair fellowship. Beryl Markham understanding law wind But my activities have been pretty much focused in the last almost 30 years on the recovery, of my own recovery, the understanding for my family of my recovery. Betty Ford recovery understanding years I need someone. I need to hold somebody close. And I need more than this holding. I need someone to understand how I feel at a time like now. And the understanding must be part of the holding. Betty Smith being-alone understanding loneliness Occasionally there is a moment in a person's life when he takes a great stride forward in wisdom, humility, or disillusionment. For a split second he comes into a kind of cosmic understanding. For a trembling breath of time he knows all there is to know. He is loaned the gift the poet yearned for - seeing himself as others see him. Betty Smith understanding humility wisdom We believe in taking down the barriers, but we also believe in the most energetic reconciliation among peoples by getting them to know each other, talk each other's languages, understand each other's fears and beliefs, getting to know each other physically, philosophically and spiritually. It is much harder to kill your near neighbor than the thousands of unknown and hostile aliens at the other end of a nuclear missile. We have to create a world in which there are no unknown, hostile aliens at the other end of any missiles... Betty Williams nuclear-missiles understanding believe I have always been willing to admit when I made a mistake. I made a mistake in my understanding of the composition of the Contras, not on my opposition to the Contra war. Bianca Jagger understanding mistake war You don't need a science degree to understand about science. You just need to think about it. Bill Bryson understanding science thinking «1314151617181920212223»
