Quotes About Understanding

He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.

Any one can give advice, such as it is, but only a wise man knows how to profit by it.

It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in general.

Every man is fully satisfied that there is such a thing as truth, or he would not ask any question.

A wise man can be a fool in love.

We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country.

Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge

There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.

A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.

In a democracy, a man who does not listen cannot lead.

The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential.

Myths are early science, the result of men's first trying to explain what they saw around them.

Put yourself in the other man's place and then you will know why he thinks certain things and does certain deeds.

Do you know there is always a barrier between me and any man or woman who does not like dogs?

Don't criticize that man unless you have walked in his shoes.

I like the sound of people's voices, and I think what a man says can very well tell what he's thinking, whether he's lying or not.

Whoever yields properly to Fate, is deemed Wise among men, and knows the laws of heaven.

Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.

Knowledge is a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.

The hearts of all men dwell in the same wilderness.

A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will teach him everything he needs to know about life.

Man is stupid, phenomenally stupid.

A good man never fights with a woman.

The highest point to which a weak but experienced mind can rise is detecting the weakness of better men.