Quotes About Understanding

Sometimes I think as adults we think of them as — because they're small in size that they're small in all ways — and they're not. They have big feelings, and they have big eyes, they see things, they hear things, they're living life just the way an adult does and I think sometimes as adults we forget that.

Desire for God without doctrine is blind; doctrine without desire is empty. The

What is the message? Can faith bereft of specific beliefs speak understanding? If so, understanding of what? My concern is that the only thing Cox has to say to young people seeking spirituality is "Do good."13 But why should we do good? And what is the good if it is not somehow rooted in the nature and work of God? Cox's Age of the Spirit needs a normative Word. For while belief without faith is empty, faith without belief is blind.

What it means" is ultimately not a matter of theory only but of practice, not a matter of sheer knowledge but of wisdom.

Doctrine is less theoretical than it is theatrical, a matter of doing—speaking and showing—what we have heard and understood.

Para ministrar a palavra de Deus, os pastores-teólogos precisam ler não só a Bíblia, mas também o mundo ao qual a Palavra de Deus é dirigida, o mundo em que ela deve estabelecer e ser aplicada. (p. 153-4)

does belief that fails to issue in behavior count as genuine witness (and understanding) or not?

Don't treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are.

In other words, science is a method that chiefly expands our ignorance rather than our knowledge.

Learn how to learn from those you disagree with or even offend you. See if you can find the truth in what they believe.

Listening well is a superpower. While listening to someone you love keep asking them "Is there more?" until there is no more.

Anger is not the proper response to anger. When you see someone angry you are seeing their pain. Compassion is the proper response to anger.

Questioning is simply more powerful than answering.

You can reduce the annoyance of someone's stupid belief by increasing your understanding of why they believe it.

The purpose of listening is not to reply, but to hear what is not being said.

Your ideal partner is not someone you never disagree with but someone you are glad to disagree with.

See that old person taking forever in line? That is the future you. Have patience.

A great way to understand yourself is to seriously reflect on everything you find irritating in others.

When you keep people waiting they begin to think of all your flaws.

The greatest benefit of the arrival of artificial intelligence is that AIs will help define humanity. We need AIs to tell us who we are.

Hindsight. It's like foresight without a future.

All this is happening for a reason." Yeah, she thought, to annoy me.

How to Get Your Teenager Talking Shut up. Don't ask, "How was your day?" Say calmly in response to a shocking statement, "Hmm. Tell me more about that." Eliminate the word why.

Nuestros hijos necesitan saber que son amados absolutamente, más allá de lo bien o mal que hagan las cosas en las distintas áreas de sus vidas.