Quotes About Understanding

So I quoted the First Law of Mentat at her: 'A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.' That seemed to satisfy her.

My father once told me that respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. "Something cannot emerge from nothing," he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable "the truth" can be.

Forget mystery and accept love. There's no mystery about love. It comes from life.

Ce anume dispre?uie?ti? A?a po?i fi cunoscut cu adev?rat.

And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad'Dib knew that every experience carries its lesson.

First Law of Mentat at her: 'A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.

A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.' That seemed to satisfy her.

Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess?

Yes, it was a matter of opening doors, he thought. You opened one door and that let you into a place where there were other doors. You chose a door in this new place and examined what that revealed to you. There might be times when you were forced to try all of the doors but the more doors you opened, the more certain you became of which door to open next. Finally, a door would open into a place you recognized. Then you could say: Ahhhh, this explains everything.

Te advierto que la ignorancia se convierte fácilmente en histeria.

Truth suffers from too much analysis. —ANCIENT FREMEN SAYING

Knowing was a barrier which prevented learning. For a few moments he allowed himself merely to resonate, making no demands, asking no questions.

Pour bien gouverner, il faut apprendre le langage du monde qui est le vôtre et qui est différent sur chaque monde. [...] Elle voulait parler du langage des rochers et des choses vivantes, ce langage que l'on ne peut entendre avec ses seules oreilles.

Que sentidos nos faltam para que não consigamos ver um outro mundo a nossa volta?

The truth is more important than the facts.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know.

A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse

What are they, Dad? Cows, son. What are cows, Dad? Cows are cows, son.

There's no use asking more questions. If you ask a question they tell you it's a mystery, you'll understand when you grow up, be a good boy, ask your mother, ask your father, for the love o' Jesus leave me alone, go out and play.

Where is she now, Dad? If there's a heaven, Maggie, she's there and she's queen of it. Is there a heaven, Dad? If there isn't, Maggie, I don't understand God's ways. She doesn't understand my babbling and neither do I because the tears erupt and she tells me again, It's all right to cry, Dad.

In all my years at Stuyvesant only one parent, a mother, asked if her son was enjoying school. I said yes. He seemed to be enjoying himself. She smiled, stood up, said, Thank you, and left. One parent in all those years.

Dad says I'll understand when I grow up. He tells me that all the time now and I want to be big like him so that I can understand everything. It must be lovely to wake up in the morning and understand everything. I wish I could be like all the big people in the church, standing and kneeling and praying and understanding everything.

E greu de priceput de ce-È™i ies oamenii mari din pepeni chiar aÈ™a de r?u din cauza unor lucruri m?runte cum sunt capacele de aerisire. Când o s? fiu om mare, n-o sa stau sa pocnesc copiii mici din cauz? de capace de aerisire sau mai È™tiu eu ce.