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Quotes About Understanding

The hard reality is that immersion works only when people are actually fluent in something.
~ Unknown
As kingdom workers, our job is to learn to discern the season of each person's soul.
~ Unknown
Almost invariably, any native with enough understanding of the system to bring it down has too much invested in it to want to see it fall,
~ Unknown
Words simply mean what people think they mean when they say them.
~ Mike Brown
After 'cat', Lilah next learned 'flower'. Flowers (scrunch up nose as if sniffing) were everywhere, first only outside on plants, but soon she generalized to flowers on her clothes or her shoes, or in pictures in books and magazines. I wanted to hook up wires and do experiments and comparisons and studies to understand it all. 'You want to do what?' Diane would say. But really, who wouldn't?
~ Mike Brown
NEVER Teach a Pig to Sing, It Wastes Your Time and Annoys the Pig.
~ Unknown
To get to a woman's heart, a man must first use his own.
~ Unknown
My friend asked me the essence of life and I smiled.
~ Mike Dolan
In all tests of character, when two viewpoints are pitted against one another, in the final analysis the thing that will strike you the most, is not who was right or wrong, strong or weak, wise or foolish.... but who would go to the greatest lengths in considering the other's perspective.
~ Mike Dooley
Two people may suffer the same disappointment, one might be saddened, the other understanding. Two people may receive the same insult, one might be hurt, and the other compassionate. Two people may have the same disagreement, one might be angered, the other feel love. How you react to circumstances, people and things, IS A CHOICE, YOUR CHOICE... based on YOUR use of compassion, understanding and love.
~ Mike Dooley
And never again will you put off your own happiness when those you love choose to be unhappy.
~ Mike Dooley
everything has a reason, there have been no mistakes, love makes everything better, and what doesn't make sense yet one day will.
~ Mike Dooley
Life suddenly makes sense and you want to live forever.
~ Mike Dooley
Life is not meant to be hard so that you can be happy beyond it. The happy "ending," therefore, comes with finally understanding those tricky areas you move through while you are alive. The key is that you do indeed need to move through them and not "stop reading at the scary parts"; you must prevail, hang on, and keep trucking to emerge on the other side of whatever the tricky area was.
~ Mike Dooley
See more. Look with understanding. Help others regain use of their power.
~ Mike Dooley
A friend is someone whose unspoken approval and appreciation for your company helps you to remember your own grace and beauty.
~ Mike Dooley
Maybe it's not just about finding the perfect friend, partner, or tribe, but finding the perfection in those you've already found.
~ Mike Dooley
Understanding is the elixir of life, the soothing balm that helps dry tears and erase wrinkles.
~ Mike Dooley
Nothing made sense, except for how much you loved someone.
~ Mike Dooley
Wahrnehmung ist unsere Sicht auf die Welt und uns durch die Brille unserer Überzeugungen.
~ Mike Dooley
Let your guilt teach you, not punish you. And let the guilt of others do the same for them, no matter how grave their misunderstandings.
~ Mike Dooley
It's always best to assume that everyone either knows the truth or will know the truth, because either they do or they will.
~ Mike Dooley
Do you realize that everyone, absolutely everyone on this planet—grumpy office workers, arguing children, fickle spouses, the "narrow-minded," the extremists—all think they're doing their very best? So how do you get through to someone who thinks they're doing their very best? How would someone get through to you?
~ Mike Dooley
Realize that the hows and whys will all make sense soon enough.
~ Mike Dooley