Quotes About Understanding

Books are cold, but sure friends indeed.

Se ignora lo que se debe saber, y se sabe lo que se debería ignorar.

To love another person is to see the face of God

I do not know whether it will be read by all, but I wrote it for all.

when both are sincere and good, no men so penetrate each other, and so amalgamate with each other, as an old priest and an old soldier. At bottom, the man is the same. The one has devoted his life to his country here below, the other to his country on high; that is the only difference.

Taisez-vous, qui que vous soyez, vous qui parlez ici, taisez-vous ! vous croyez être dans la question, vous n'y êtes pas.

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.

Je vois de la lumière neuve (I see a new light)

With certain kinds of people,we allow for the potential development of all the beauties of human virtue within a faith that is different from our own

He did not understand how men could busy themselves with hating each other because of silly stuff like the charter, democracy, legitimacy, monarchy, the republic, etc., when there were in the world all sorts of mosses, grasses, and shrubs which they might be looking at, and

To love someone is to make them transparent.

Men and deeds were brought to judgment there. They jeered at the age, which released them from the necessity of understanding it.

But the work of the wise is one thing and the work of the merely clever is another.

Assim como só nas entranhas da Terra se acham os diamantes, assim somente nas entranhas do pensamento se encontram as verdades.

She read aloud, as she understood better that way. In reading aloud you assume authority for what you are reading. There are people who read very loudly, and who appear to be giving their word of honor for what they are reading.

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any war that is not fought between men, between brothers?

Factions are blind men who aim correctly.

Il y a une manière d'éviter qui ressemble à chercher.

He condemned nothing in haste and without taking circumstances into account. He said, Examine the road over which the fault has passed.

We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.

It has been said, error is human; I say, error is love.

La tolerancia es la mejor religión

He understood how to sit down and hold his peace for long hours beside the man who had lost the wife of his love

Live and Let live To love someone is to see the face of God