Quotes About Understanding

Imagine a time before you had ever had chocolate. Going to lectures about chocolate would have been interesting. Reading about chocolate might have increased your appetite. But only tasting chocolate would have really made you understand how good chocolate can be. Only tasting— only experience.

In essence, oversimplification tends to take a partial truth and make it all powerful.

Saying, "I don't agree with you," or going so far as to say, "I think your belief structure is childish," does not amount to persecution. Insensitivity is not the same as harassment or oppression.

You are wrong about that, you know, Dr. Andersen replied calmly. This, right here—us talking, sitting in this overlit room, a bunch of shrinks watching us through the tinted windows—this is the dream. The peace you felt before, that is reality. It is the I. The only part of existence that does not change, that cannot change, that will not change. You may not be ready to understand this quite yet, but if you continue meditating, you will.

It is almost impossible to get anyone with a postmodern slant to say "I think" and stand by what follows, without making sure that the person listening understands, "Of course, there are other things to consider.

Stop wishing that other people would act differently, either accept them for who they are or stop being around them.

Even if we did not create the acrimony, even if we weren't the ones who created the divide, we can be bridge-builders, healers, harmonizers, and a vital part of the solution.

Moral growth corresponds with people's ability to see the world from an ever-increasing number of perspectives and act accordingly.

There are two quick ways of connecting with people. Find a common interest or share a painful experience that people can relate to.

La cultura ayuda a un pueblo a luchar con las palabras antes que con las armas

Mi avvicinai a Spinoza perché mi sembrava che avvicinasse Dio; me ne sono allontanato, scoprendo che lo allontanava. Ora non so più.

O mouths humanity seeks a new language Beyond the reach of grammarians.

Un jour Un jour je m'attendais moi-même Je me disais Guillaume il est temps que tu viennes Pour que je sache enfin celui-là que je suis Moi qui connais les autres - CORTÈGE -

Nikada ljudi nisu tako puno komunicirali, nikada tako malo slušali jedni druge.

Jer, tamo gdje se volimo, nikada nije mrak.

Now he could say for sure that he'd never known a feeling stronger than that of being at one with another person - that rare feeling of not being alone anymore.

Postoje rijetki trenuci u životu kada vam se otvore jedna vrata i život vam ponudi susret koji više niste o?ekivali. Susret sa bi?em s kojim se dopunjujete, koje vas prihvata onakvim kakvi ste, koje vas uzima u cijelosti, koje nazire i prihvata vaše kontradikcije, strahove, osje?aje...

Chúng ta s?ng trong hi?n t?i v?i ?ôi m?t b? b?t kín, Ch? mãi sau này , khi tháo kh?n b?t m?t ra và nhìn l?i quá kh? , chúng ta m?i th?y ???c nh?ng gì ?ã s?ng và hi?u ???c ý ngh?a c?a chúng.

Postoje retki trenuci u životu kada se vrata otvaraju i život vam nudi susret koji niste o?ekivali. Susret sa srodnim bi?em, koje vas prihvata onakvim kakvi jeste, u celosti, koje naslu?uje i razume vaše protivre?nosti, vaše strahove, ose?anja, bes, bujicu mra?nih misli koje vam se motaju po glavi. Bi?em koje vas smiruje. Onim koje vam pruža ogledalo, a vi se ne plašite da se pogledate u njemu.

Iubirea înseamn? ca tu s? fii pentru mine cu?itul cu care scormonesc înl?untrul meu. A

Es bleibt zwischen Menschen, sie seien noch so eng verbunden, immer ein Abgrund offen, den nur die Liebe, und auch nur mit einem Notsteg, überbrücken kann. (Hermann Hesse)

Jer, ljubav tka porodi?ne veze, a ne krv.

Poznajem samo jednu stvar koja je u isto vrijeme vrlo jednostavna i vrlo komplicirana.A to je? Ljubav.

Der Mensch durchschreitet die Gegenwart mit verbundenen Augen. Erst später wird ihm die Binde abgenommen, und wenn er dann auf die Vergangenheit zurückschaut, stellt er fest, was er wirklich erlebt und welche Bedeutung das Erlebte gehabt hat. (Milan Kundera)