Quotes About Understanding

Sir, my inferior understanding prevents my grasping the unquestionable soundness of the mission.

Incapable of communicating himself to others, incapable of breaking out of his isolation, doomed to remain the mere actor of his life, the deputy of his own ego—all that any human being can know of another is a mere symbol, a symbol of an ego that remains beyond our grasp, possessing no more value than that of a symbol; and all that can be told is the symbol of a symbol, a symbol at a second, third, nth remove, asking for representation in the true double sense of the word.

Young man, until you know that all names are false you know nothing; not even the clothes on your body are what they seem to be.

Only falsehood wins renown, not understanding!

Psychology has a long past, but only a short history.

Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.

Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

It is not our purpose to become each other it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.

Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.

There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge -- that is everywhere.

As a commentary makes no sense without the text which it is expounding, so also the Confessions make no sense without the Bible.

You can not apply mathematics as long as words still becloud reality.

The excellence of the soul is understanding; for the man who understands is conscious, devoted, and already godlike.

My discourse leads to the truth; the mind is great and guided by this teaching is able to arrive at some understanding. When the mind has understood all things and found them to be in harmony with what has been expounded by the teachings, it is faithful and comes to rest in that beautiful faith.

The hearer must be of one mind with the speaker, my son, and of one spirit as well; he must have hearing quicker than the speech of the speaker.

Entre las cosas admirables, sobrepasa a todas las demás el que el hombre haya llegado a conocer y a crear la naturaleza divina.

The end of all our exploring," as T. S. Eliot reminds us, "will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

Silence between 2 is always shared. But 1 of the 2 owns it and shares it with the other.

Are you saying, perhaps, that I am moved by spite, revenge or, even worse, that I am seeking some sort of perverse thrill in cruelty? It seems to me that you don't understand what our work here is about.

She stroked my hair. Sweet, damp sounds + smells from the ground. Clusters of clouds against the unwrinkled sky. She must have thought my tears were of pain.

Who is "I" in "I hurt"? The one who inflicts the pain or the one who suffers it? And does "hurt" refer to the inflicting or the suffering?

He had never refused to confront any of his wife's facets, however hurtful or confusing he found them.