Quotes About Understanding

Today almost any person has a present time problem, growing more pressing as time goes on and as our society evolves. It is a simple question: 'How can I live?' The answer to this question in a broad general way can be found by attaining an understanding of a subject called Economics.

When reading a book, be very certain that you never go past a word you do not fully understand. The only reason a person gives up a study or becomes confused or unable to learn is because he or she has gone past a word that was not understood.

Scientology does not teach you. It only reminds you. For the information was yours in the first place.

Learning locked in mildewed books is of little use to anyone and therefore of no value unless it can be used.

Men who know are secure and Men who don't know believe in luck.

The world existed to be read. And I read it.

The hurt that troubled children create is never greater than the hurt they feel.

This information doesn't change anything, brother,

But gradually we were cut into blocks, and some of us were chiseled with sharper instruments until we had a fine edge. Now we are complete, are in our proper places, and are of service. "You, however, are still in your quarry. You are not complete, and because of that, as once was the case with us, there is much you do not understand. But you are destined for a higher building, and someday you will be placed in it by angelic hands, becoming a living stone in a heavenly temple.

We learn more about people with an attitude than years of talk.

There was a fire inside him that only a few people could see. She could see it though, it was like the fire inside her.

She was… damn it, she was everything. Witty, enchanting, brave, smart… and beautiful. And he knew that his eyes were saying all that and that she wasn't turning away.

Very touching. Do you want me to imitate a violin?

She was with her flying companion-her playmate. The one who was sacred to her, who was the other half of the mysteries of life for her. The one who would always be there for her, helping her, watching her back, picking her up when she fell down, listening to her stories-no matter how many times she told them. Loving her even when she was stupid. Understanding her without words. Being inside the innermost circle in her mind. Her soulmate.

She now knew that it was possible to love two people at once—because you could love them in different ways.

Ash stripped some of the papery purple bark off his yew stick. "And, you see, it's difficult because what I've always thought about humans-what I was always raised to think…" "I know what you've always thought," Mary-Lynnette said sharply. Thinking, vermin. But," Ash continued doggedly, "the thing is-and I know this is going to sound strange-that I seem to love you sort of desperately.

Our minds work alike, she thought. She had found her partner, her equal, the one to work and live and love with her. Her soulmate.

She wanted to tell him that she understood him now, in a way she'd never understood anyone before. Because she was with him. It wasn't even like being in the web; it was much closer than that, much deeper. He'd torn down all the barriers and put his soul into her hands.

It was only then that she realized, that she remembered, what the true danger in this was. Only then that she understood what Gabriel had meant by his warnings. Because she could feel what he felt. And along with the gratitude, the sheer satisfaction and relief, were other emotions. Appreciation, joy, wonder, and-oh, dear God, love.... Gabriel loved her.

Well, she thought. Well, well. Here we are, probably for the first time, just talking to each other. Not arguing, not being sarcastic, just talking. It's nice. It was surprisingly nice. And the strange thing was, she knew Ash thought so, too. They understood each other. Over the table, Ash gave her a barely perceptible nod.

I don't think you understand," he said. "I'm going to have you, at any cost. Any cost, Jenny, even if you have to suffer on the way. If I can't force you, I'll persuade you— and I can be very persuasive.

After a minute he said, "It's like-I don't know how to describe it, but it's like I belong with Jade. She really sees me. I mean, not the outside stuff. She sees me inside, and she likes me. Nobody else has ever done that…except you.

All the talking in the world couldn't even prove you and the other person both saw the same color red.

But Mary-Lynnette was thinking. Of course she'd like to find somebody who would accept her completely, who would share everything with her.