Quotes About Understanding

Ipsa scientia potestas est. Knowledge itself is power.

It is impossible to love and be wise.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few are to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

Dios existe, debe estar fuera del mundo natural, y por lo tanto las herramientas de la ciencia no son las adecuadas para conocerlo. En cambio, como lo empezaba a comprender al mirar dentro de mi propio corazón, la evidencia de la existencia de Dios tenía que llegar de otra dirección, y

Science is simply mankind trying to understand the greatness of God's design.

Si Dios existe, debe estar fuera del mundo natural, y por lo tanto las herramientas de la ciencia no son las adecuadas para conocerlo.

Sonrió comprensivamente. mucho más que comprensivamente. Era una de esas raras sonrisas, con una calidad de eterna confianza, de esas que en toda la vida no se encuentran más que cuatro o cinco veces. Parecía contemplar por un instante el universo entero y después se concentraba en uno con irresistible parcialidad; lo comprendía a uno hasta el límite en que uno deseaba ser comprendido.

Pe vremea cand eram mai tanar si mai influen?abil, tata mi-a dat un sfat care de atunci mi-a ramas prezent in minte. -Ori de cate ori ai pofta sa critici pe cineva, mi-a spus, ?ine seama ca nu to?i oamenii au avut avantajele de care te-ai bucurat tu.

Uno no puede saber nunca el lugar que ocupa realmente en la vida de otra persona.

Cuando yo era más joven y más vulnerable, mi padre me dio un consejo en el que no he dejado de pensar desde entonces. «Antes de criticar a nadie», me dijo, «recuerda que no todo el mundo ha tenido las ventajas que has tenido tú».

Negli anni più vulnerabili della giovinezza, mio padre mi diede un consiglio che non mi è mai più uscito di mente. Quando ti vien voglia di criticare qualcuno mi disse ricordati che non tutti a questo mondo hanno avuto i vantaggi che hai avuto tu.

the best that can be done is to love for the sake of it, and to keep sorrow company.

If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.

What's the rush, little fellow?" asked Bibwit Harte. "What seems to be the trouble?" "You're the little fellow!" Jack said. "Hmm, well…in the grand scheme of the cosmos, I am a little fellow. We're all quite little, if you think about it that way. Good point, Jack.

Such examples should alert one to the fact that falling in love and staying in love may be two rather different processes. The first is based mainly on immediate attraction, while the second will require negotiation, compromise, and a far better understanding of both oneself and one's partner. Falling in love is grand; staying in love is hard work.

A leadership team cannot be effective if its understanding of change is erroneous, incomplete, misinformed or outdated.

Good friend, we all hurt for her. But her suffering will bring about God's purpose, and you will see it.

Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known.

When a wise man does not understand, he says: I do not understand. The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.

To know a thing well, know its limits; Only when pushed beyond its tolerance will its true nature be seen. -The Amtal Rule

Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us?

Humans are almost always lonely.

To Suspect your Own Mortality is to Know the Beginning of Terror; To Learn Irrefutably that you are mortal is to Know the End of Terror.