Quotes About Understanding

Flow is something the reader experiences, not the writer.

Without extraneous words or phrases or clauses, there will be room for implication.

It is not a matter of functional or nonfunctional; rather it is an understanding of how functional a particular movement or exercise is relative to the training objective.

Letting the Bible speak for itself, that is, letting it speak in its own terms, includes letting the Bible speak from within its own worldview rather than merely our own.

A person without a rich and complex past is like an infant, who has no ability to interpret any text.

We must allow, therefore, that God speaks in a way that meshes with the surrounding context, and also that he can say what he wishes to say, distinct from the context.

The opposite of faith is not doubt, but fear. Faith implies risk. I will cast my life on this possibility that God is for me. I do not have to have any proof except my own commitment. I do not have to claim complete understanding -- that is idolatry.

Bobby Fischer, the great chess champion, once said, "Winning in this game is all a matter of understanding how to capitalize on the strengths of each piece and timing their moves just right.

The young sometimes find it uncomfortable to accept that wrinkly and slightly wobbly old folk may be just as bright as they are and this is perhaps because they realise that when intelligence is added to wisdom gained through experience, the sum of the two is considerably more potent than the one alone.

If the police knew anything they would understand that there is a huge political power play in action. And they are not going to be immune. If they think that by beating up a few brave, old ladies they will be able to win themselves a place at the table when the Global Reset is put into place then they are seriously deluded. They are merely fodder in a war they don't understand.

the writer Upton Sinclair once wrote: `It is difficult to get a man to understand something if his salary depends on his not understanding it.

These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future.

Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.

Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives

Your unhappiness consists of what you cannot be told about yourself.

When a truly mature man has sex with a woman it is the same with him as if he had lunch with her. Afterward he casually remarks to the woman, "That was very nice"---while referring to either the sex or the salad.

Don't make a direct effort to understand things. Rather, concentrate on your present misunderstanding. Try to see through your own false viewpoints.

When understanding another person's problem you help him correctly, even though there is nothing you can do about it.

How long must a fish study to understand human motivation?

Funny how Underhill could get along with almost anyone, tuning down his manias to whatever the traffic would bear.

minds, who can show the rest of us what is important about the aliens' differences. So Trixia's

Johanna was looking at her expectantly, and suddenly Ravna realized that the girl thought librarians must be experts at everything.

The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.

We're long on high principles and short on simple human understanding.