Quotes About Understanding

Shine by the side of every path we treadWith such a luster, he that runs may read.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.

Not to understand a treasure's worth till time has stole away the slighted good, is cause of half the poverty we feel, and makes the world the wilderness it is.

Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much. Wisdom is humble that he knows not more.

Knowledge dwells in heads replete with thoughts of other men; wisdom in minds attentive to their own.

Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.

the famous remark of Hegel that 'the owl of Minerva takes flight at dusk'"—Hegel's view that wisdom comes only in hindsight.

As the Italian proverb says, 'Translators are traitors.' At some level we all are traitors to the text, saying a little less than the Greek says (thus leaving some meaning behind) or a little more (when trying to clarify). Under- and over-translation. A good reason to learn Greek and Hebrew, and an even better reason to read more than one translation.

Carlton, Sydney (1949-), painter and decorator. Those who argue that bestiality should be treated with understanding had a setback in 1998 when Carlton, a married man from Bradford, was sentenced to a year in prison for having intercourse with a Staffordshire bull terrier, named Badger. His defence was that Badger had made the first move. 'I can't help it if the dog took a liking to me,' he told the court. This was not accepted.

Those times you caught them out and showed them up -- they learned how stupid they are. But now you'll never hear the little song of their purring throats, and you'll never know what they think, when you say hello.

The greatest ownership of all is to glance around and understand.

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

Every man is a volume, if you know how to read him.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

True love is the parent of humility.

If you hate anyone, let them live." But do not let them live through you. (from the Mikado Empire's book)

The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own

Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out.

The next time you try to seduce anyone, don't do it with talk, with words. Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.

You can't beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don't even try to.