Quotes About Understanding

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Love is the easiest thing there is. It's the layers of doubt, fear, and expectation that make it complicated.

Fear is nonacceptance of what is.

To understand your fear is the beginning of really seeing.

It doesn't hurt me. I'm not governed by the fear of what other people say. Events don't elicit feelings; I think beliefs elicit feelings, and I understand what my beliefs are and I know how I am.

Do something you fear, NOT to conquer the fear, NOT to accomplish a task, but to familiarize yourself with the processes with which fear protects itself, to demystify it.

I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there.

When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.

Once you learn to read the land, I have no fear of what you will do to it, or with it. And I know many pleasant things it will do to you.

Can you look at a situation without naming it? Naming it, making it a word, causes fear.

If a fear cannot be articulated, it can't be conquered.

Find out what a person fears most and that is where he will develop next.

No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition and both are necessary.

Fear of corporal punishment obscures children's awareness of the compassion underlying the parent's demands.

No one can know the true grace of God who has not first known the fear of God.

The world will always choose convenience over reality. It's easier to hate, blame, and fear than it is to understand. No one wants the truth; they want entertainment.

We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.

I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.

Although you hadn't asked why, it had less to do with you not noticing than with you not wanting to hear the answer.

You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason.

Hatred is never anything but fear - if you feared no one, you would hate no one.

My will for you is not harsh or unpleasant. It is gentle and perfectly tailored to your unique needs. Do not fear my direction. I am your heart's happiest guide.

Carl did not want to believe. He wanted to know.