Quotes About Understanding

Man talking confidently about God is like a toy talking confidently about man.

You did touch me but didn't feel my pain.

The Chief seemed not to care much about my opinion; he wanted to talk and so I let him continue. The greatest pleasure one can give people is to let them talk all they want. One is respected much more if one lets people talk instead of talking himself. No one has the least interest in hearing somebody else's opinion. ("Midnight Call")

Any single historical event is too complex to be adequately known by anyone. It transcends all the intellectual capacities of men. Our practice is to wait until a sufficient number of details have been forgotten. Of course things seem simpler then! Our memories work that way; we retain the facts which are easiest to think about.

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression.

Some of us learn control, more or less by accident. The rest of us go all our lives not even understanding how it is possible, and blaming our failure on being born the wrong way.

Truth is a spiral staircase. What looks true on one level may not be true on the next higher level. A complete vision must extend vertically as well as horizontally; not only seeing the parts in relation to one another but embracing the different planes.

Half the troubles of the world come from looking at other folks in your own mirror.

She had to laugh. "You're making me hungry." "Me, too." His gaze locked with hers, making it clear it wasn't just barbecue he was hungry for.

Had he only thought there was amazing chemistry between them?

I don't want to rush this," he whispered against her temple. "Brody," she pleaded again. "Don't rush it the second time.

of him. Ainsley hadn't been able to hear

What are old friends for?

Man trying to understand God is like a toy trying to understand man.

It matters not if the world has heard or approves or understands...the only applause we're meant to seek is that of nail-scarred hands.

sea of knowledge is very vast and life is short–so one should suck out the essence of all learning and cast aside the useless information by clearly sifting them through one's discertion.]

All games are meaningless if you do not know the rules.

Yoga is the teacher of yoga; yoga is to be understood through yoga. So live in yoga to realize yoga; comprehend yoga through yoga; he who is free from distractions enjoys yoga through yoga.

Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.

The moment you say, "I have got it," you have lost everything you had.

Pain comes only when the body does not understand how to do the asana, which is the case in the beginning. In the correct posture, pain does not come. To learn the right posture, you have to face the pain. There is no other way.

There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all people's lives, whether they practice yoga or not. If we can understand how our mind and heart works, we have a chance to answer the question, "Why do I keep making the same old mistakes?

If you want a simple way to remember the relationship between asana and concentration (dharana), it is this: If you learn a lot of little things, one day you may end up knowing a big thing.