Quotes About Understanding

Life is large. We cannot possibly grasp the whole of it in the few years that we have to live. What is vital? What is essential? What may we profitably let go?

Communication with another person -- wasn't it the realest thing in life?

Life is neither to be wept over nor to be laughed at but to be understood.

You can't divorce yourself from your own life experiences.

You don't have to dislike people you disagree with and it doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to have bipartisan friendships in this place. Life's too short to have it any other way.

While it may not be a simple act, offering forgiveness not only has the power to heal relationships, it strengthens the well-being of those who give this life-changing gift.

I think I understand life. I think I understand how to live. I'm enjoying my life. I don't really live in an as extravagant a way as people think.

She lived, we'll say, A harmless life, she called a virtuous life, A quiet life, which was not life at all (But that she had not lived enough to know)

Once I opened my eyes to the realities of life, I couldn't close them.

Fearlessness comes with the birth of this new understanding: The only reason life changes as it does is to reveal the secret Goodness underlying those same changes.

The best things in life are not seen or heard ... but felt with the heart.

Death is a part of life, and eventually I assimilated that completely.

Human life-everybody lives it, but only to a few is it known.

I feel now at 53 I have grown into a deeper understanding of what a human life is.

To know that which lies before us in daily life is the prime wisdom.

My god-life! who can understand eve one little minute of it? 'don't try' he said 'just pretend you understand.

The more a person can look beyond gender orientation, the happier and more fulfilling life is likely to be.

The life of sense begins by assuming that we can only fitfully live the life of reason.

Saw life steadily and saw it whole.

Moments of compassion are the most holy moments of life.

Sometimes in life it is most wise to behave like a bridge: Don't judge the person who comes to you; let him come and pass! Behave like a bridge!

You can always meet stupid people in your life journey; you should treat them like the way candle treats darkness: Illuminate them!

One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God.

My friend asked me the essence of life and I smiled.