Quotes About Understanding

Wisdom fears no thing, but still bows humbly to its own source, with its deeper understanding, loves all things, for it has seen the beauty, the tenderness, and the sweetness which underlie Life's mystery

Thou wouldist not seek me hadst thou not found me.

When the mob governs, man is ruled by ignorance; when the church governs, he is ruled by superstition; and when the state governs, he is ruled by fear. Before men can live together in harmony and understanding, ignorance must be transmuted into wisdom, superstition into an illumined faith, and fear into love.

Wisdom is given to no man until he asks for it.

Truth is not lost, yet it must be sought for and found.

Man is born with eyes, yet only after long years of sorrow does he learn to see clearly and in harmony with the Plan.

While superstition hates all things, wisdom, with its deeper understanding, loves all things; for it has seen the beauty, the tenderness, and the sweetness which underlie Life's mystery.

If the infinite had not desired man to be wise, he would not have bestowed upon him the faculty of knowing.

Words are vehicles of ideas, and unless they are understood properly misunderstanding is inevitable.

Where it concerned history, she saw things that people seldom did.

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The man with hoary head is not revered as aged by the gods, but only he who has true knowledge; he, though young, is old.

Quiénes son los culpables, Carasso: los que odian o los que no quieren ver las consecuencias del odio.

Ser hombre es mucho más todavía, es no rebajar a nadie, con una orden, con una propina. Es más, es… no permitir que nadie al lado tuyo se sienta menos, que nadie al lado tuyo se sienta mal.

But you have to reason it out then and convince yourself. - Yes, but there are reasons of the heart that reason doesn't encompass.

ustedes son hermosos el uno para el otro, porque se quieren y ya no se ven sino el alma, ¿es tan difícil de comprender acaso?

Pero ya es sabido que la elocuencia está en el oído de quien oye.

Non ho mai conosciuto una persona intelligente che amasse per davvero o avesse fiducia nel prossimo. Al massimo ha provato compassione.

The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.

If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.

That is, I feel, the concern of the educator - to teach how to be sensitive to the differences in ourselves as well as outside ourselves, not to supervise the memorization of facts.

Era preciso morir para saber ciertas cosas? Ahora comprende también que en el corazón y en los sentidos de aquel hombre ella había hincado sus raíces; que jamás, aunque a menudo lo creyera, estuvo enteramente sola; que jamás, aunque a menudo lo pensara, fue realmente olvidada.

Para compreenderes o meu amor, deves começar a amar-te a ti mesmo.

Es verdad que siempre he tenido miedo de que la gente no me quisese tal y como yo soy, ese es mi temor más grande, pero a lo mejor faltaba la clave, el por qué.