Quotes About Understanding

But if you understand … where there is understanding there is no hate. Outside

It was a pity, he reflected, that the men of good will are so poorly armed, for at times it was a handicap not to hate.

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for in all evidence there is some interpretation. The eyes see, the mind explains. But does the mind explain correctly? The mind only has what experience and education have given it, and perhaps that is not enough. Because one has seen does not mean one knows.

Son, it isn't how many books you read, it's what you get from those you do read.

Every thing is what it is" is a famous phrase in British philosophy, and the essence of the empirical view.44*

knowledge is cut off from the activity in which it has its meaning, and becomes a false abstraction.

Sometimes people can learn a lot about each other just by sitting in silence.

He understood it when other kids were mean to him. It didn't bother him. He simply hated them. As long as he hated them, it didn't matter what they thought of him.

Toni hears voices, said Trapp. But who is this Dr. Ellsworth to tell her she's a schizophrenic? Maybe she just perceives better than the rest of us. Maybe the voices she hears are just uncommunicated ideas, floating free.

How can he be your friend if you don't like him?

Until he knows he isn't a monster, how is anybody else supposed to know?

If a monster says hello to you, you should say hello to it. If you don't, then I have to wonder which one of you is really the monster.

Dana raised her hand. I learned about exaggeration, she said. It was all my teacher ever talked about. We had like ten thousand tests on it, and the teacher would kill you if you didn't spell it right. That's very good, Dana! said Mrs. Jewls. You learned your lesson well.

So, you just told him all his cards?" East asked when we returned. "And he's going to remember them?" asked West. "You can ask me," my uncle said. "Despite my lack of eyesight, I can hear and speak.

He didn't want her to know that he didn't understand, but what he didn't realize was that she didn't understand either, so that if he had just told her he didn't understand, she would have understood, but when he told her he understood, then she didn't understand.

He stared at the clock. Sometimes, it seemed the hands didn't move at all. Other times, he'd blink, and it would be half an hour later. Time didn't always make sense at Wayside School.

Well, it's very distracting when we have to keep saying every card out loud," complained East. "I'm sorry my partner's blindness makes life so difficult for you," said Gloria.

It is impossible to describe, in words, exactly what Miss Nogard heard when she listened to Mavis's brain. Babies don't think in words. Miss Nogard heard pure love. And trust. And faith. With no words to get in the way. It was a love so strong that it dissolved away all the bitterness that had been caked around her heart.

Just because I love Mister Jewls, it doesn't mean I can't also love you. Love is different from most things. She picked up a piece of chalk. If I gave my piece of chalk to someone, then I wouldn't have it anymore. But when I give my love to someone, I end up with more love than I started with. The more love you give away, the more you have left.

Lucy hugged my uncle as she gushed about how wonderful it was to see him playing bridge again. Then she got all flustered and apologetic because she had used the word see. "It's all right, Lucy," Trapp assured her. "I'm aware you have the ability to see me, even if I can't see you.

How much hair do you have?" Joe shrugged his shoulders. "A lot," he answered. "But how much, Joe?" asked Mrs. Jewls. "Enough to cover my head," Joe answered. "Joe, you are going to have to learn how to count

Perhaps it's understandable to be more jaded on one's second exposure to something strange.

I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can't explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.