Quotes About Understanding

The simple and familiar hold the secrets of the complex and unknown. The depth with which you master the basics influences how well you understand everything you learn after that. Today

How curious it was, how ironic, he decided, that the human brain seemed capable of understanding almost everything but itself.

Why, when the world gets to understand about it I expect that two men or two women, or a man and a woman, will come in here, and say to me, 'We have quarrelled and outraged each other, we have injured our friend, our wife, our husband; we regret, we would forgive, but we cannot, because we remember. Put between us the atonement of forgetfulness, that we may love each other as of old.

men are very largely actuated by motives which they conceal from themselves…It is evident that the successful propagandist must understand the true motives and not be content to accept the reasons which men give for what they do.

Man cannot contradict the Laws of Nature. But are all the laws of Nature yet discovered?

Alas! there is no fool like him who wishes for knowledge! It is only through woe that we are taught to reflect, and we gather the honey of worldly wisdom, not from flowers, but thorns.

Ma come hai fatto capirlo, Clod?» si erano stupiti i miei parenti. «Come hai fatto a capire che la spilla da balia era lì?» «L'ho sentita gridare,» avevo risposto.

Anyhow, with their extraordinary gift for, and experience in, affairs of the heart from the double point of view, both of the man and of the woman it is not difficult to see that these people have a special work to do as reconcilers and interpreters of the two sexes to each other.

One should therefore not rely on mere words, but everywhere search for the intention behind them. (121)

One in All All in One-- If only this is realized, No more worry about your not being perfect (175)

Try not to seek after the true Only cease to cherish opinions. (172)

The best philosophy doesn't just come up with a few new facts that we can simply add yo our stock of information, or a few new maxims to extend our list of dos and don'ts, but embodies a picture of the world and/or a set of values.

The best philosophy doesn't just come up with a few new facts that we can simply add to our stock of information, or a few new maxims to extend our list of dos and don'ts, but embodies a picture of the world and/or a set of values.

Logic will never change emotion or perception.

The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds.

A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.

Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple. - Edward De Bono

Het is natuurlijk om dingen te willen snappen, dat is een heel menselijke drang, maar soms valt er - op een bepaalde manier - niets te snappen.

One of the least admirable things about people," said the small gentleman, "is the way they are afraid of whatever they don't understand.

Cooking is not a mystery.

Don't write if you can talk, don't talk if you can nod your head, don't nod your head if you don't have to.

Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.

If nobody knows the trouble you've seen, you don't live in a small town.

Do you know me?