Quotes by Understanding The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent and abundant instances may exist to the contrary, yet it either does not observe them or it despises them, or it gets rid of and rejects them by some distinction, with violent and injurious prejudice, rather than sacrifice the authority of its first conclusions. Francis Bacon supportsacrificeunderstanding [I]f we can bring our children understanding, comfort, and hopefulness when they need this kind of support, then they are more likely to grow into adults who can find these resources within themselves later on. (from the introduction) Fred Rogers supportunderstandingchildren And indeed this theme has been at the centre of all my research since 1943, both because of its intrinsic fascination and my conviction that a knowledge of sequences could contribute much to our understanding of living matter. Frederick Sanger fascinationunderstandingresearch Listening is where love begins: listening to ourselves and then to our neighbors. Fred Rogers empathyunderstandinglove-is The essential qualities of a true Pan Americanism must be the same as those which constitute a good neighbor; namely, mutual understanding, and through such understanding, a sympathetic appeciation of the other's point of view. It is only in this manner that we can hope to build up a system of which confidence, friendship, and good will are the cornerstones. Franklin D. Roosevelt qualityunderstandingviews The birth of Jesus made possible not just a new way of understanding life but a new way of living it. Frederick Buechner understandingwayjesus Through interpretation, understanding; through understanding, appreciation; through appreciation, protection. Freeman Tilden protectionunderstandingappreciation It is not in understanding a set of doctrines; not in outward comprehension of the "scheme of salvation," that rest and peace are to be found, but in taking up, in all lowliness and meekness, the yoke of the Lord Jesus Christ. Frederick William Robertson doctrineunderstandingjesus To write prescriptions is easy, but to come to an understanding with people is hard. Franz Kafka understandingwritingpeople The thing that makes our friendships so short and changeable is that the qualities and dispositions of the soul are very hard to know, and those of the understanding and wit very easy. Francois de La Rochefoucauld understandingsoulfriendship Idleness and constancy fix the mind to what it finds easy and agreeable. This habit always confines and cramps up our knowledge; and no one has ever taken the trouble to stretch and carry his understanding as far as it could go. Francois de La Rochefoucauld understandingtakenknowledge Mind and intelligence are woven into the fabric of our universe in a way that altogether surpasses our understanding. Freeman Dyson understandingsciencereality Since each person, as an individual, is the not-being of the other, it is never possible to eliminate non-understanding completely. Friedrich Schleiermacher individualunderstandingpersons Virtue is only a conflict by which we get the mastery of our failings; that, by which every man proves his peculiar power of understanding the will and spirit of God, is only a silent working of the inner man. Friedrich Schleiermacher peculiarunderstandingmen There can be no understanding between the hand and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator. Fritz Lang understandinghearthands Understanding of life begins with the understanding of patterns. Fritjof Capra patternsunderstanding Celibacy and suicide are a similar levels of understanding, suicide and a martyr's death not so by any means, perhaps marriage and a martyr's death. Franz Kafka understandingsuicidemean At the deepest level of ecological awareness you are talking about spiritual awareness. Spiritual awareness is an understanding of being imbedded in a larger whole, a cosmic whole, of belonging to the universe. Fritjof Capra understandingspiritualtalking Subatomic particles have no meaning as isolated entities, but can only be understood as interconnections between the preparation of an experiment and the subsequent measurement. Fritjof Capra preparationunderstandingscience It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress... it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that the majority in the end learns to do better. Friedrich August von Hayek progressactingunderstanding«5051525354555657585960»
