Quotes About Understanding

We must read and reread; the relationship with a text is alive.

But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.

The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies.

Understanding,' in all honesty, is a word pregnant with difficulties, but also with hope.

La incomprensión del presente nace fatalmente de la ignorancia del pasado

In a word, a historical phenomenon can never be understood apart from its moment in time. This is true of ever evolutionary stage, our own and all others. As the old Arab proverb has it: 'Men resemble their times more than they do their fathers.

Most times, the foreman says, it ain't knowing what to say as much as it is just being there not knowing how to say it

Be aware of knowledge that does not end in love.

For as Pascal warns us, "Be aware of knowledge that does not end in love.

It is like casting our pearls before swine. Swine are not evil; they are simply ignorant of the worth of pearls and trample upon them unaware.

charity consists in bearing with the faults of others, in not being surprised at their weakness, [15] in being edified by the smallest acts of virtue we see them practice.

Les parents ont tout oublié, ce n'est pas de leur faute, ils ont juste vieilli.

Il n'y a pas que les mots qui permettent d'entendre ce que l'autre n'arrive pas à formuler.

Nada podrá sustituir nunca el contacto humano

Pourquoi me dis-tu ça ? - Parce que tu es mon fils et que je te connais comme si je t'avais fait.

Con la voz enternecida por las sonrisas, me dijiste que siempre había que cortar por debajo del capullo, pues si no se corría el riesgo de herir a la rosa; y un hombre jamás debe herir a una rosa, ¿no es así? Pero ¿quién piensa en lo que hiere a los hombres?

Boys like to fight, and of course, it's in their nature. But as they grow up and their vocabulary expands, they will find the right words to express themselves and the violence will subside. Brutality is just the result of frustration, the incapacity to express oneself in words. Without words, people often resort to fists.

Parfois, la distance empêche de trouver les most justes

Friends don't judge friends. They just gradually learn to understand them better.

Nothing's impossible. Our mind's limitations just tell us that certain things are beyond our understanding. Often, we have to solve a whole bunch of equations before we can accept new ideas. It's a question of time and of the limits of our brain.

On ne doit jamais juger un ami, on apprend juste à le connaître de mieux en mieux.

Du får lära dig att en viss sorts tystnad säger mer än tomma ord.

croyais que l'on aimait adulte comme on avait été aimé enfant, je me trompais, le véritable amour consiste à donner ce dont on a manqué, sans retenue ni crainte

La mayor parte de los hombres se conforman con creer lo que ven. Algún día comprenderemos que el tiempo está en movimiento, que gira igual que la tierra y que no cesa de expandirse.