Quotes About Understanding

She had not remembered then what she remembers now, a memory like something buried in river silt that finally works free and rises to the surface...

Most folks stay in the dark and then complain they can't see nothing.

It's ever been the way of the man of science or philosophy. Most folks stay in the dark and then complain they can't see nothing.

Knowledge of a subject doesn't necessarily mean you can do anything with it. That would require skill. Likewise, a student can commit something to memory with no knowledge whatsoever. A grade-schooler, for example, might be able to recite the multiplication table perfectly, but still be unable to solve simple math problems. Coming to know something implies the goal of being able to use the knowledge, while being aware of facts or figures does not. Of

Hate the critics? I have nothing but compassion for them. How can one hate the crippled, the mentally deficient, and the dead?

We all have our little sorrows, ducky, you're not the only one. The littler you are, the larger the sorrow. You think you loved him? What about me?

Socialists ignore the side of man that is the spirit. They can provide you shelter, fill your belly with bacon and beans, treat you when you're ill, all the things guaranteed to a prisoner or a slave. They don't understand that we also dream.

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

If you're explaining, you're losing.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

I know this issue is very controversial. But unless and until it can be proven that an unborn child is not a human being, can we justify assuming without proof that it isn't? No one has yet offered such proof; indeed, all the evidence is to the contrary. We should rise above bitterness and reproach, and if Americans could come together in a spirit of understanding and helping, then we could find positive solutions to the tragedy of abortion.

The key for any speaker is to establish his own point of view for the audience, so they can see the game through his eyes.

All this became evident to us

How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin

Understanding requires a release from understanding.

Volvieron a quedarse en silencio, pero era un silencio lleno de compañía.

Si hubiera sido consciente, te habría querido no más, pero mejor.

La #Intimidad: no tener muy claro donde acabas tú y empieza el otro. Y saberlo todo de esa persona, o al menos saber tanto. En

Todos creemos saber del amor, todos creemos entender algo del amor. Y, sin embargo, continúa siendo una materia oscura, el reino de la confusión y lo enigmático.

Amar es dar lo que no se tiene a quien no es».

Es excelente ser viejo. Es la mejor edad, es la época en que el entendimiento ve con más claridad.»

Madurez: atisbo de entendimiento del mundo y de uno mismo, intuición del equilibrio de las cosas. Acercamiento entre la razón y el corazón. Conocimiento de los propios deseos y los propios miedos.

Compasión: capacidad para sentir el sufrimiento del otro, el miedo del otro, la necesidad del otro. Entendimiento profundo del dolor de los demás que sólo se consigue tras haber entendido el dolor propio.

supe lo que era el dolor psíquico, que es devastador por lo inefable.