Quotes About Understanding

Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes. It takes more gut and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him.

I believe in using words, not fists.

I never work better than when I am inspired by anger; when I am angry, I can write, pray, and preach well, for then my whole temperament is quickened, my understanding sharpened, and all mundane vexations and temptations depart.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

I do not mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is the language I don't understand.

One cannot judge 'Lohengrin' from a first hearing, and I certainly do not intend to hear it a second time.

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads.

In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

What you see is news, what you know is background, what you feel is opinion.

Men perish because they cannot join the beginning with the end.

Education is hanging around until you've caught on.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

There's none so blind as those who won't see.

We are involved in a life that passes understanding: our highest business is our daily life.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

It is nonsense to say there is not enough time to be fully informed. ... Time given to thought is the greatest timesaver of all.

That which is horrifying to you don't do to anybody else.

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

What runs through a person like water through a sieve.

If any of you are related to our main guest, let me know so I can speak slowly.

My job is to talk to you, and your job is to listen. If you finish first, please let me know.