Quotes by Understanding To be understanding is more important than to be right. Drake understandingimportant Biological engineering is not necessarily understanding systems but rather, I want to be able to design and build biological systems to perform particular applications. Drew Endy engineeringdesignunderstanding David Shi (historian of the simple life) describes the common denominator among the various approaches to simpler living as the understanding that the making of money and the accumulation of things should not smother the purity of the soul, the life of the mind, the cohesion of the family, or the good of the society. Duane Elgin understandingsoulsimple Psychic phenomena does not mean wisdom; it only means mental understanding of the relationship of the outer world to the inner world. Drunvalo Melchizedek psychicsunderstandingmean One has not understood until one has forgotten it. D.T. Suzuki understoodunderstandingforgotten Suzuki's works on Zen Buddhism are among the best contributions to the knowledge of living Buddhism... We cannot be sufficiently grateful to the author, first for the fact of his having brought Zen closer to Western understanding, and secondly for the manner in which he has achieved this task. D.T. Suzuki buddhismgratefulunderstanding Activists can get very preachy about things. It's more about understanding people's own experiences and tapping into them. Duncan Green activistunderstandingpeople A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding. Dwight D. Eisenhower understandingteachingteacher I think that we come to a greater understanding of the world we live in and ourselves through reading. Dwight Yoakam understandingreadingthinking My goal is to make all my paintings clear and realistic, even more understandable than a photograph. E. J. Hughes paintingunderstandinggoal By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us. Dwight D. Eisenhower presidentialunderstandingmay Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process. E. B. White frogsunderstandingdone A nation's hope of lasting peace cannot be firmly based upon any race in armaments but rather upon just relations and honest understanding with all other nations. Dwight D. Eisenhower honestunderstandingrace Unless we remember we cannot understand. E. M. Forster understandingmemorieslife I swear, I have no understanding of other human beings. E. Lockhart swearunderstandinghumans When we get to the point, as we one day will, that both sides know that in any outbreak of general hostilities, regardless of the element of surprise, destruction will be both reciprocal and complete, possibly we will have sense enough to meet at the conference table with the understanding that the era of armaments has ended and the human race must conform its actions to this truth or die. Dwight D. Eisenhower understandingracewar Through knowledge and understanding we will drive from the temple of freedom all who seek to establish over us thought control - whether they be agents of a foreign power or demagogues thirsty for personal power and public notice. Dwight D. Eisenhower agentstemplesunderstanding The cost of scientific advance is the humbling recognition that reality was not constructed to be easily grasped by the human mind. This is the cardinal tenet of scientific understanding. Our species and its ways of thinking are a product of evolution, not the purpose of evolution. E. O. Wilson understandingrealitythinking ... the ecological problem of our times demands a radical reevaluation of how we see the entire world; it demands a different interpretation of matter and the world, a new attitude of humankind toward nature, and a new understanding of how we acquire and make use of our material goods. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople understandingattitudeworld In the novel we can know people perfectly, and, apart from the general pleasure of reading, we can find here a compensation for their dimness in life. E. M. Forster understandingreadingpeople«3839404142434445464748»
