Quotes About Understanding

People do sometimes sense the sacredness of nature, such as when they look closely at a flower, climb high peaks, or journey deep into the mountain. Such aesthetic sense, love, receptivity, and understanding are people's most basic instincts - their true nature. These days, however, human are flying in a completely different direction to some unknown destination, and they seem to be doing it as rapidly as possible.

In Buddhism, compassion always goes with wisdom. Compassion without wisdom is not understood to be true compassion, and wisdom without compassion is not true wisdom.

Emptiness is not a mere emptiness, but rather fullness in which the distinctiveness of everything is throughly realized.

No one particular religion has been able to secure the exclusive rights for the power of prayer. No matter who you are, we all have the ability to take advantage of this amazing and wonderful power. Once you realize this, you will then be filled with the desire to help others realize this as well. More and more people are resonating with this understanding, and this could result in a more wonderful future for mankind. (165)

The pain of being alone is completely out of this world, isn't it? I don't know why, but I understand your feelings so much, it actually hurts.

The pain of being alone is completely out of this world, isn't it? I don't know why, but I understand your feelings so much, it actually hurts.

People live their lives bound by what they accept as correct and true. That's how they define Reality. But what does it mean to be "correct" or "true"? Merely vague concepts… Their Reality may all be a mirage. Can we consider them to simply be living in their own world, shaped by their beliefs?

Now there's something I understand a little better. Hate, sadness, even joy. to be able to share it with another person...Naruto Uzumaki from fighting him i learned that. he knew pain like i did and then he taught me that you can change your path. I wish that one day i can be needed by someone. Not as a frightening weapon...But as the sand's Kazekage.

In order to survive, we cling to all we know and understand. And label it reality. But knowledge and understanding are ambiguous. That reality could be an illusion. All humans live with the wrong assumptions. Isn't that another way of looking at it? That sharingan how much can you really se?

Drum lest mit Maß, doch lest genug, Dann wird's euch wohl ergehen. Bloß Bücher fressen macht nicht klug. Man muss sie auch verstehen.

Wenn man erst einmal weiß, Weiß man auch, daß man weiß, Und wüßte lieber nicht. Aber zu spät. Schon weiß man, daß auch Die Hoffnung nie wieder, Nie wieder einkehrt, nie wieder; Sondern quer übers Meer, ade, Denen zusegelt, die Noch nicht wissen, Noch etwa wissen, Daß es etwas Zu wissen Gibt.

Mit machen Leuten Mit machen Leuten lohnt es sich zu leben. Mit andern wieder macht es keinen Spaß. Auslauter Angst, sich etwas zu vergeben, Vergibt sich dieser Sorte immer was.

The Soviet regime robbed people not only of their ability to live freely but also of the ability to understand fully what had been taken from them, and how.

When something cannot be described, it does not become a fact of shared reality.

Have you heard," he said "that many of our people believe if you know five colloquial expressions in their tribal language, they must always provide you with nourishment and shelter? But-" He paused as though to make sure she was paying attention. "But if you know fewer than five, they owe you not even a sip of water." She nodded, understanding his point, but he pressed it. "Learn those five phrases, Miss Sweeney," he said.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves

The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind

The nonsense that charms is close to sense.

Listening to people keeps them entertained.

Sophistication knows the score, but is powerless to change it.

To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.

To understand a literary style, consider what it omits.

If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all.

The thought is that Hitler is an unfortunate node in the way the world is unfolding. He did not choose to be the evil person he is. He deserves compassion, not anger. And he must die for reasons of compassion: compassion for him and all those who might suffer his awfulness.