Quotes About Understanding

Igbo sayings and proverbs are far more valuable to me as a human being in understanding the complexity of the world than the doctrinaire, self-righteous strain of the Christian faith I was taught.

What a man does not know is greater than he.

But in dealing with a man who thinks you a fool it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

If my enemy speaks the truth I will not say because it is spoken by my enemy I will not listen.

When a man blasphemes, what do we do? Do we go and stop his mouth? No. We put our fingers into our ears to stop us hearing. That is a wise action.

The triumph of the written word is often attained when the writer achieves union and trust with the reader, who then becomes ready to be drawn deep into unfamiliar territory, walking in borrowed literary shoes so to speak, toward a deeper understanding of self or society, or of foreign peoples, cultures, and situations.

If we put ourselves between the god and his victim we may receive blows intended for the offender. When a man blasphemes, what do we do? Do we go and stop his mouth? No. We put our fingers into our ears to stop us hearing. That is a wise action.

In our custom a man is not expected to go down on his knees and knock his forehead on the ground to his wife to ask her forgiveness or beg a favor. But, a wise man knows that between him and his wife there may arise the need for him to say to her in secret: I beg you.

Travelers with closed minds can tell us little except about themselves.

But knowing or not knowing does not save us from being known

And so Mr. Brown came to be respected even by the clan, because he trod softly on its faith.

Whether the rendezvous of separate histories will take place in a grand, harmonious concourse or be fraught with bitterness and acrimony will all depend on whether we have learned to recognize one another's presence and are ready to accord human respect to every people.

Even when there was strong disagreement, one had to remember to be discordant with respect.

If we want to see God as he longs for us to see him, we must look at Jesus very closely.

Understanding the role of God's protection will not help us very much if we don't first understand exactly why we need it. If your eyes are not yet open to the behind-the-scenes context of our new life in Christ—if you are still skeptical about the whole business—prepare to be jolted by the reality of the conflict raging around you.

How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble?

First comes peace. Then joy. Then love. And finally understanding.

Netflix changed the economics of offering niches and, in doing so, reshaped our understanding about what people actually want to watch.

Women were the reason I became a monk - and, ah, the reason I switched back.

Nothing -- and I mean nothing, Carly Banks -- is crazy if you're in love.

words are just words. Some are better than others, but only because they are better at explaining what you mean.

Signs, after all, were everywhere; it was just a question of knowing how to read them.

this was why men fell in love with strippers and escorts: it wasn't the licentiousness, the dissembling, their craven willingness to do whatever you wanted. It was the way they would, out of the blue, surprise you with the psychic ability to know what you needed.

Allah dwells in all men, even the infidel," he says.