Quotes About Understanding

Let not men think there is no truth but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read. To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to shew their darkness, but to put out our own eyes.

He that takes away Reason to make way for Revelation puts out the Light of both , as one who pokes out eye to see .

The better to understand the nature, manner, and extent of our knowledge, one thing is carefully to be observed concerning the ideas we have; and that is, that some of them are simple and some complex.

Faith is nothing but a firm assent of the mind.

it seems a strange way of understanding a law, which requires the plainest and directest words, that by death should be meant eternal life in misery.

Reason must be our last judge and guide in everything.

To speak less learnedly, and more intelligibly

It is evident the mind knows not things immediately, but only by the intervention of the ideas it has of them.

PETER: But you're 'Alice'. ALICE: As you're 'Peter'... But after all, what's in a name? PETER: What isn't? She understands.

Your eyes are so sharp that you cannot only look through a millstone, but clean through the mind.

The two most important questions in science are "What can I know?" and "How can I know it?

Getting the past wrong is almost as problematic as not getting the past into our minds at all.

To cut ourselves off from the past is to rob ourselves from understanding the present.

Aunque pensaron que entendían el texto bíblico, no lo aplicaron a su propia vida ni a su experiencia del mismo Hijo de Dios que vivió en medio de ellos (Mt 16:1-4; 22:29; Jn 5:39-40).

He believed that our humanity rests upon our ability to unite across different worlds of experience.

In seeking understanding, I am seeking for meaning.

Meyer is a transcendent warmth, the listening ear of a total understanding and forgiveness, a humble wisdom.

Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.

Maturity beings to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.

The wisest keeps something of the vision of a child. Though he may understand a thousand things that a child could not understand, he is always a beginner, close to the original meaning of life.

Underlying omotenashi is having an idea of what the customer wants without asking, so that their needs can be anticipated.

artists know to look deeper than just surface beauty. They dig for what's underneath the underneath

Design matters a lot when it is leveraged with a deep understanding of computation and the unique set of possibilities it brings.

I've come to realize, however, that while technology may make it more convenient to communicate, it doesn't improve our ability to get a point across.