Quotes About Understanding

You know, sometimes when you're too close to someone, it's hard to see who they really are.

You're never ready for the truth. No matter how much you think you know, it always takes you by surprise.

Can I ask you a question? I swear it's not about heaven." Joi laughs. "Shoot." "Why do you love me?" I ask her. "Because you love me back," she says without hesitation. "You have no idea how much," I tell her. "Yes, I do," she says.

They may think they understand how God works, but if were were able to understand how God works, we wouldn't need faith, now would we?

For the first time in my life, I was alone. And for the first time in my life, I knew what the hell I was doing.

When they'd first met in their twenties, he'd seemed like such a fascinating mystery. Unfortunately, it hadn't taken long to solve it.

If you're old enough to understand all the words, he always said, you're old enough to read it.

Hell, she knows why you chew your nails, why your eyes are blue one day, black the next. And all you want to do then is curl yourself with her, snug like a worm, lay your pumping head down in her lap. Have her caress you, be kind. No words because both of you are bodies, wrapping and unwrapping, there's eloquence in your embracings. Eyes closed, you realize everything you've ever wanted to say is right there.

Until they get to know the real you, people's stereotypes don't mean much.

Oh dear. I don't think I'm explaining this very well. I wish I could remember what Mother said when she told me—it made sense then." Light dawned. "You mean—the visitor? The little man who sweeps you out?" "What?" Shyly Norah told Flo what Aunt Florence had said. "No wonder you didn't understand! What a stupid way to tell you.

If you talked to the landsmen face to face they seemed capable of reason, but put them in charge of things, of objects and language and sounds and they became idiots.

The language sticks to them like cat hair to black trousers, and they do things correctly without knowing why.

The difference between a young man and a mature man is not the beard but the Brain(Reasoning) because even a young man can have beards but with shallow reasoning-Kizza Ronald-

Ã…, det er et godt liv, sa han. Jeg svarte ikke. Synes du ikke? sa han. Jo, jo, sa jeg.

It had also become harder to discuss this with his colleagues. All too often Sammy's speeches about the importance of good neighborhoods and schools were met only with dismissive comments. It was self-evident, it was written on every wall, they seemed to say,

Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.

Selbstverstaendlich tat ich es auch nicht.

Shared understanding is particularly critical if we are to shape a collective future that reflects common objectives and values.

If an observer can only make sense of the "reality" through different idiosyncratic lenses, this forces us to rethink our notion of objectivity.

Therefore I say this : in sooth, you may come to feel sorrow; but remember in that day that the happiness you have lost is not the only happiness life has to give ; and if you believe this—and you will one day—then later you will understand that the hardest and heaviest part of your sorrow before arose from your own obstinacy.

You are right; I am not good at moving in society. Be merciful. You do not understand me; I live in the woods by choice--that is my happiness. Here, where I am all alone, it can hurt no one that I am as I am; but when I go among others, I have to use all my will power to be as I should.

Still, the one who best understands the significance of light is not the electrician, not the painter, not the photographer, but the man who lost his sight in adulthood. There must be the wisdom of deficiency in deficiency, just as there is the wisdom of plenty in plenty.

You see only with your heart, because your eyes miss what matters.

We need to promote greater tolerance and understanding among the peoples of the world. Nothing can be more dangerous to our efforts to build peace and development than a world divided along religious, ethnic or cultural lines. In each nation, and among all nations, we must work to promote unity based on our shared humanity.