Quotes About Understanding

A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him? I make no suggestion that one side or other is right, but observation over many years leads me to believe it is true.

Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.

Music can also be a sensual pleasure, like eating food or sex. But its highest vibration for me is that point of taking us to a real understanding of something in our nature which we can very rarely get at. It is a spiritual state of oneness.

1. Passion; 2. An eye of discernment; 3. An empty vessel; 4. An ability to be uncertain; 5. Belief in the necessity of art and artists; 6. A medium—bringing a passionate and informed understanding of works of art to an audience in ways that will stimulate, inspire, question; 7. Making possible the altering of perception.6

Twinkie, you keep me out of jail and I'll keep you outta the loony bin.

One of the advantages of no longer being young is that you're expected to start making up your mind about certain things.

BE KIND EVERY ONE HAVE A FIGHT.

Theory is meaningless to a genius.

Choosing with integrity means finding ways to speak up that honor your reality, the reality of others, and your willingness to meet in the center of that large field. It's hard sometimes.

Do not always assume the other fellow has intelligence equal to yours. He may have more.

The audience begins to applaud in spite of itself. It's as if they can't stop themselves from applauding, from agreeing with something that they don't quite understand, but that makes too much sense to ignore.

Love does not mean she gets to ride the bulldozer while you lay in the street.

Dessinunt odisse qui dessinunt ignorare (Dejan de odiar los que dejan de ignorar).

One man's religion neither harms nor helps another man.

For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man's wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.

Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.

Bridges symbolize peace and human contact.

Punya mata, tapi tidak melihat keindahan; punya telinga, tapi tidak mendengar musik; punya pikiran, tapi tidak memahami kebenaran; punya hati tapi hati itu tak pernah tergerak dan karena itu tidak pernah terbakar. Itulah hal-hal yang harus ditakuti, kata Kepala Sekolah.

always close by when you're in a tight squeeze. Dn't let the sun set on a quarrel with a pard. A good pard will at least pretend

pard is somebody you can tell it to with all its rough edges. He'll round

Dn 't get mad at a pard who knows more'n you;

If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.

the thoughts of the Lord are not our thoughts, His ways are not our ways.

La caridad perfecta consiste en soportar los defectos de los otros, en no asombrarse por sus flaquezas, en edificarse con los más pequeños actos de virtud que se les vea practicar, pero, sobre todo, he comprendido que la caridad no debe permanecer encerrada en el fondo del corazón: «No se enciende una lámpara para meterla debajo de un cajón, sino que se la pone sobre el candelero para que ilumine a TODOS los que están en la casa».