Quotes About Understanding

All I'm trying to say is that if you're not willing to observe this, if you're just going to condemn it, you're never going to see it. It's there, whether you like it or not. This is stupid life-force we're dealing with here," he said. "Think how old it is, Jim. Think how huge it is. Understanding it doesn't make any difference.

There's nothing worse than two people who have on the same position talking to each other about the position.

knowledge breaks the world into pieces, while wisdom makes it whole...We are sorely deficient in wisdom, lacking a view of how all these pieces of knowledge connect to make the world a better place.

But knowledge breaks the world into pieces, while wisdom makes it whole.

But there's a world of difference between knowing a type and knowing a person. When you've traveled all over the planet, as I have, and communicate with people from other cultures, you come to understand that, ultimately, very few human beings conform to the stereotypes imposed upon them. And, for the most part, we all want the same things out of life.

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

The more you know, the less you need to say.

I've had people tell me to get over it. I politely tell them, 'How about if I chop off your finger and see if it grows back?

You always hear all these statements like "Freedom isn't free." You hear the President talking about all these people making sacrifices. But you never really know until you carry one of them in a casket. When you feel their bodyweight. When you feel them. That's when you know. That's when you understand.

It turns out that our intuition is a greater genius than we are.

Let me start with the overobvious, boxed in a cliché, wrapped in some truisms.

Showing Respect Is not Slavery...and Must Be Taught

Only when we try to understand one another's suffering can we begin to bring each other joy.

Words are all we have to communicate our thoughts, our feelings, and our dreams. We must use them wisely.

The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that work and strong families are the foundation upon which we build our future.

Everybody has theology whether they admit it or not.

Judge a book for what it is...not what you want it to be

I don't trust my mind for everyday thinking, but I am convinced that it has one very great function, which is to eventually make me aware of astounding things.

You don't have to be singing about love all the time in order to give love to the people. You don't have to keep flashing those words all the time.

Are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced?

Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.