Quotes About Understanding

In my own case, I employed this experiment mainly in order to seek for the barrier, if any, which divides our knowledge of the past from our knowledge of the future. And the odd thing was that there did not seem to be any such barrier at all.

It is all too easy to accept emotions as primitive "givens" and proceed toward a superficial understanding based on words, arbitrary definitions, and the quiddities of logic rather than biology.

Keel on kompromiss, et kirjeldada piiratud arvu märkidega lõputult muutlikku maailma.

Men are obtuse. You have to beat them over the head with a frying pan to get them to notice things.

See, that's the problem with men and women and relationshits. Shit. Relasinsips. Dammit. Relationships. There, I got it.

That's what love is all about, babe. Forgiveness.

Washing dishes is the great equalizer. It solves many a dispute.

She leaned against him, listening to his strong heartbeat as they cuddled together. Maybe he didn't say all the right things, and maybe he didn't do it all in the right way, but he was hers, and she was his, and they'd figure it all out together. Because she knew now that both of them were in this for the long haul, and that he'd be there for her no matter what. And that's what counted the most.

The mythic voice rising from literature and art allows us to be humane. We are not humane because of political power, or education, or even religion. We are humane because we recognize the humanity of others. The writer and the artist appeal to that humanity. For that reason, literature and art are the bones of civilization.

Love needs expression, Captain Geary, or doubts grow amid the silence. Doubts of the other and doubts of yourself.

What do you think is the most important thing you learned in the last couple of years?" "That no one can ever win an argument with the woman they love

Why am I helping to force other people to live in a way I couldn't stand to live?" The Mage didn't answer, seeming to be sunk in thought, but she didn't know what the answer was, either, and was horrified at having said such a thing.

Do not hate," her father spoke firmly. "I have told you. Hate no one, hate nothing. Oppose those who do wrong, but do not hate.

It's funny how much you don't realize about the people you've spent your whole life with, isn't it?

My father always said that false love is an attempt to force another person to be subjugated to your own illusion, to make that person nothing but a part of you that you can direct and control. But real love means the other person's illusion is more important than yours. You put them first. Like you put me first.

WHEN YOU ARE IN CONFLICT WITH SOMEONE, THERE IS ONE FACTOR THAT CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAMAGING YOUR RELATIONSHIP AND DEEPENING IT. THAT FACTOR IS ATTITUDE." —William James

No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought that counts. BOB PROCTOR

IT TAKES A LOT OF LIFE EXPERIENCE TO SEE WHY SOME RELATIONSHIPS LAST AND OTHERS DO NOT. BUT WE DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR A CRISIS TO GET AN IDEA OF A PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP. OUR BEHAVIOR IN LITTLE EVERYDAY INCIDENTS TELLS US A GREAT DEAL." —Eknath Easwaran

I pray for him. It's very difficult to dislike someone for whom you are praying.

love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

In every area of our lives, the three things that most need to be shared are resentments that have built up, the unmet needs and demands that underlie those resentments, and appreciations.

we cannot control how others feel and react. Even though we should understand feelings, there are some things that are out of our control, and some decisions we can only make for ourselves.

Things are a lot easier when people know you're human. -Gerald Moore

A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver. ~Thomas à Kempis