Quotes About Understanding

We desire to understand the world by giving names to the things we see, but these things are only the effects of something subtle.

Ahimsa is the eradication of the desire to injure or to kill.

Don't badger people without children into admitting the secret desire for children you're sure they have to you! Don't badger anyone! Leave the badgering to the badgers.

the way to wean any one from a desire is not by condemnation of it.

If the people who hurt us have anger or desperation within them then they suffer. When you see that someone suffers, you might be motivated by a desire to help him not to suffer anymore.

Use your unconscious mind to read other people's intents, emotions, and desires.

There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.

Thirst is a language even the grass understands.

To love love and not its meaning, hardens the heart in monstrous ways..." (The Rape Of The Swan)Footnote : A form of self-edification, infatuation, lust and the epitome of hedonism.

You must learn to understand the secret of gratitude. It is more than just so-called virtue. It is revealed to you as a mysterious law of existence. In obedience to it we have to fulfill our destiny.

Today I must dive deep within And know what I come To this earth-stage for.

Give others their dignity by opening and softening in your heart to them.

If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.

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

Acquire knowledge, and learn tranquility and dignity.

Well, I think when we can turn to the person sitting next to us and really see them with kindness and see ourselves reflected back - when there's some dignity and compassion traveling back and forth.

I write for myself, and I write for my friends and people who I have a connection with. I try to give some dignity to peoples' lifestyles that tend to be ignored.

If you don t know where you are, a map won't help.

By trying to understand everything, everything makes me dream

It's important to remember that behind every data point is a daughter, a mother, a sister—a person with hopes and dreams.

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

What we do not make conscious emerges later as fate.

Instead of dissecting Scripture, we need to let Scripture dissect us our thoughts and attitudes, our dreams and desires, our fears and hopes.

My family doesn't understand trying to chase your dreams because they were all about survival.