Quotes About Understanding

You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath

At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.

The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.

Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.

Anyone can find the switch after the lights are on.

When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.

As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.

Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.

Where words lose their meaning, people lose their lives.

Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.

If I understand Change, I shall make no great mistake in Life

Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.

Tell me and I will forget, show me and I may remember; involve me and I will understand.

There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us to principles. Perhaps we may go on with them to principles, but we shall find them unable to get established in those along with us. Or if we may get so established along with them, we shall find them unable to weigh occurring events along with us.

Learn advidly. Question it repeatedly. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success. When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music do not flourish.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it--this is knowledge.

The wise never doubt. The Humane never worry. The brave never fear.

The one who teaches is the giver of eyes.

those who understands is not better than those who appreciates, those who appreciates is not better than those who enjoys.

Who can (make) the muddy water (clear)? Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear.

To one who is not eager I do not reveal anything, nor do I explain anything to one who is not communicative. If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on.