Quotes About Understanding

All of the exoteric teachings are only designed to give you the type of life that will allow you to practice the esoteric teachings.

I'm always there to tell people that their life is not that bad. I wish it was easy to follow that advice.

The reason why principles are so important is because principles make life predictable.

To me, this is the singular privilege of reading literature: we are allowed to step into another's life.

When there is firm conquest over covetousness, they who have conquered it wake up to the how and why of life.

And he never judges someone else's suffering.

When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near.

Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.

You're nice,' Cushie told him, squeezing his hand. 'And you're my oldest friend.' But they both must have known that you can know someone all your life and never quite be friends.

All life stinks and you must embrace that with compassion.

He said, Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces, and knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.

What is the purpose of life?...To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Creator of the Universe, you fool!

As your understanding of life continues to grow, you can walk upon this planet safe and secure, always moving forward toward your greater good.

I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.

Great passions are for the great of soul, and great events can be seen only by those who are on a level with them

Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows.

I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough, it'll make sense.

No man has a right to expect to succeed in life unless he understands his business, and nobody can understand his business thoroughly unless he learns it by personal application and experience.

I can hardly express in words my deep feeling and sympathy for them, knowing as I do, the many serious handicaps and obstacles that will confront them in almost every walk of life.

Once I turned 35, I got the bonus of some wisdom and began to accept life on its own terms.

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

An ability to look into the confusing mess of life and see things for what they are.

There's no anger ever in a spiritual. There's always the dream of a hope of a better day coming. That God understands the troubles that I'm experiencing.