Quotes About Understanding

Love of knowledge can draw on its credit indefinitely ... love of knowledge is iron-clad.

Hating's easy. Couldn't be easier. It's just a default setting. The easy way out. It's all the rest that's actually hard.

Course, you couldn't say hard things, not when times were already hard. He knew that much. Only music could cross the divide. The brain's hard wiring, probably, how music resonated—said everything while saying nothing at all. But he preferred to think of it in less scientific terms. Music, the hard currency of the soul.

If you want to be happy, never ask for the gift of discernment.

Don't let us quarrel. We all have our weaknesses, dear friends; so we must strive to be considerate of one another. And since this poor boy is hungry and has nothing whatver to eat, let us all remain quiet and allow him to sleep; for it is said that in sleep a mortal may forget even hunger. - Scarecrow

Her edition, though, did make two errors, acceptable at that time: as her mother had done before her, she imposed titles on untitled poems and she standardised punctuation, not grasping how vital Dickinson's punctuation may be to the way we read her.

Two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she is having her way. And second, let her have it.

My lady teases me. You do not. Understood?

I've discovered that half the people would love to go into space, and there's no need to explain it to them. The other half can't understand, and I couldn't explain it to them. If someone doesn't know why, I can't explain it.

If we looked inside ourselves and remembered how insignificant we are, just for a couple of minutes a day, respect for other people would be an automatic result.

Punctuation is no more a class issue than the air we breathe.

Viviamo in un'epoca di autismo sociale in cui la gente non capisce perchè dovrebbe considerare l'impatto delle proprie azioni sulla collettività.

Sì." Abigail eyed him with exasperation. "Stop saying sì. Explain. Honestly, it's times like this your communication skills—" A kiss ended her irritated rant quite effectively.

I've found in life that the nicest people somehow seem to end up with the most unkind partners. I've never understood that myself.

Shh," she said sternly, as if Luc had been the one who'd just let out the caterwaul.

Having a mate you can control means winning every argument, because you can make them agree with you. But it's as good as living alone, or with a blow-up doll. They would do what you want, when you want, because you make it so. It's just better and healthier to have a real partner, one with thoughts and ideas of their own, and whom you can't control. It makes them special.

Bastien's gaze dropped to Terri's behind as he followed her out of the office. He was beginning to understand Lucern's fascination with Kate's behind. Not that he found Kate's rear end fascinating, but Terri's? Well, that was another matter.

Does Roxy sleep with you, or should I take her downstairs?" "Oh, no. She sleeps with me," Valerie said, glancing to Roxy herself. "Lucky dog," he murmured and caught her surprised glance before he stepped out and pulled the door closed.

Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.

Now that we know who you are, I know who I am. I'm not a mistake! It all makes sense! In a comic, you know how you can tell who the arch-villain's going to be? He's the exact opposite of the hero. And most times they're friends, like you and me! I should've known way back when... You know why, David? Because of the kids. They called me Mr Glass.

The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth.

We are often most in the dark when we are the most certain, and the most enlightened when we are the most confused.

Let me simply state that it is wrong to regard any other human being, a priori, as an object, or an 'It.' This is so because each and every human being - you, every friend, every stranger, every foreigner - is precious.

The fact of the matter is that our unconscious is wiser than we are about everything.