Quotes About Understanding

You haven't read anything until you've comprehended it.

What you really want is to be able to pick up a book and understand what the author is saying in the least amount of time.

What Your Speed Means

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

So there's no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It doesn't necessarily happen. I think it can, but it doesn't necessarily happen. Which is kind of a shame.

no one has ever gone to war over music.

Does asking oneself these questions in an attempt to see how the machine works spoil the enjoyment? It hasn't for me. Music isn't fragile. Knowing how the body works doesn't take away from the pleasure of living.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

I think it true that, you know, sometimes things start to change even before a government changes and, actually, I think you can begin to see even the Labour machine beginning to understand that it has become over-reliant on targets and processes, that local governments have been over-bossed and bullied.

Everyone is told just as much as he needs to know, including the self.

Don't mistake legibility for communication

Cunnilingus and psychiatry brought us to this.

no complex, nonlinear system can be adequately described by dividing it up into subsystems or into various aspects, defined beforehand.

All knowledge arises from a relationship between a knower and an object of knowledge.

I must try to remember that a boy's heart is not a man's, and perhaps a teacher must learn from his pupil, too, eh?

Children can be too hard on their parents, until they learn themselves how hard life can be.

But why do adults, why do parents not realise that children desperately wish to do things not so much out of duty, but out of love? And you can't force anything to love anything else against its nature.

I wish the battles of men could be solved in their heads.

On his brow a leaf of oaken, Cangeling child shall be his fate. Understanding words strange spoken, Chased by anger, fear, and hate.

Too often people tend to think about what they'll say next when someone else is speaking. I developed a practice of listening all the way through and waiting three seconds to respond—it's amazing how that small change allows you to really hear what someone is saying . . . or not saying.

Demand that your people pursue two seemingly conflicting things at the same time. Make it your mission to understand the nuances of your businesses so that you can shape and guide your teams' intellectual inquiry. Allocate your time thoughtfully; don't become a victim of your calendar. Carve out time to read, research, and think. Turn your meetings into vigorous, instructive debates.

metrics often foster compliance with words rather than with intent.

There are only two choices in how you or anyone else experiences the moment—in a state of love, or in a quest for love. Anger, resentment, frustration, sorrow, or any other painful expressions are simply unconscious calls for love. Whether someone is loving you or seemingly attacking you, the proper response is always love.

True forgiveness is the only key to real awakening. This level of forgiveness sees that individuals are always doing the very best they can in each moment,