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Quotes About Understanding

Sometimes in life, even saints have to "hiss" to be kind. But no one needs to bite.
~ Ajahn Brahm
Wisdom is not learning but seeing clearly what can never be taught.
~ Ajahn Brahm
Each of us can know only a part of the whole that constitutes truth.
~ Ajahn Brahm
Buddhism is a religion of the heart. Only this. One who practices to develop the heart is one who practices Buddhism [...] Use your heart to listen to the Teachings, not your ears.
~ Ajahn Chah
Notice that this reflective paradigm of the statement, the prescription, and the result are the three aspects of each noble truth. The first Noble Truth is 'understanding', the second is 'letting go of the causes', the third is 'realizing cessation', and the fourth is 'cultivating awareness in the ordinariness of life'.
~ Ajahn Sumedho
Simply In Depth......
~ Ajit Singh
We have no problems with Jews and highly respect Judaism as a holy religion.
~ Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul They are its actions, but they are not its essence.
~ Akhenaton
The little lamb's eyes, desperate for forest water, must resemble mine. O you whose love I long for, how can you understand me?
~ Akiko Yosano
Within each film I have become one with many different kinds of people, and I have lived their lives. For this reason, in order to prepare for the making of a new film, it requires a tremendous effort to forget the people in the film that went before.
~ Akira Kurosawa
As the teacher gave his lessons, he would look over at me from time to time and say, "Akira probably won't understand this, but Ã¢â'¬Â¦Ã¢â'¬Â or "This will be impossible for Akira to solve, but Ã¢â'¬Â¦Ã¢â'¬Â The other children would turn to look at me and snicker when he did this, but no matter how bitter I felt, he was right. Whatever the subject, it was completely incomprehensible to me. I was pained and saddened.
~ Akira Kurosawa
No puedo permitirme odiar a nadie. No tengo tanto tiempo
~ Akira Kurosawa
Now, don't get angry, Kei-chan. We're both crybabies, aren't we? Only now you've become a romantic crybaby and I'm a humanist crybaby.)
~ Akira Kurosawa
No matter where I go in the world, although I can't speak any foreign language, I don't feel out of place. I think of the earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is, and they would put an end to it.
~ Akira Kurosawa
And then what?" I asked. "Her father at last understood my feeling," claims Uekusa. "And what happened with the girl after that?" I queried. "Never saw her again, but we were just kids anyway." I think I understand and yet I don't.
~ Akira Kurosawa
On these occasions I do feel an urge to talk about my work. Nevertheless, I try not to. If what I have said in my film is true, someone will understand.
~ Akira Kurosawa
I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time.
~ Akira Kurosawa
No matter where I go in the world, although I can't speak any foreign language, I don't feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and they would put an end to it.
~ Akira Kurosawa
I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can't people be happier together?
~ Akira Kurosawa
Ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal.
~ Akira Kurosawa
As I remember it, the fog-like substance that clouded my brain finally vanished as if blown away by the wind.
~ Akira Kurosawa
The more I learn, the less I know: the less I know, the less I understand: the less I understand, the less I can relate; I know you're crazy.
~ Al Diaz
And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there's all kinds of advantages to it.
~ Al Franken
We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way. You see, they love America like a 4-year-old loves his mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. To a 4-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad. Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.
~ Al Franken