Quotes About Understanding

Otherwise, no matter how clear our perception, it is nothing but worldly knowledge and discriminating knowledge and can never be called wisdom.

T]he ignorant soul is unaware even of that in which another is successful, but knowledge bears additional witness to that which is well done.

You cannot hate other people without hating your self.

How much can we ever know about the love and pain in another heart? How much can we hope to understand those who have suffered deeper anguish, greater deprivation, and more crushing disappointments than we ourselves have known?

Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.

There are two kind of men,' said Ka, in a didatic voice. 'The first kind does not fall in love until he's seen how the girls eats a sandwich, how she combs her hair, what sort of nonsense she cares about, why she's angry at her father, and what sort of stories people tell about her. The second type of man -- and I am in this category -- can fall in love with a woman only if he knows next to nothing about her.

What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?' Be yourself,' said Ipek.

A letter doesn't communicate by words alone. A letter, just like a book, can be read by smelling it, touching it and fondling it. Thereby, intelligent folk will say, 'Go on then, read what the letter tells you!' whereas the dull-witted will say, 'Go on then, read what he's written!

We need to find a common language, understand each other's quirks, and establish an emotional bond. But sometimes this process is greatly accelerated, and the connection seems to form almost magically and instantaneously.

Occasionally, though, an introduction to someone new is more intense and intimate from the get-go. Maybe we share the same sense of humor or we admire the other individual's personality or passion. Or we immediately sense that we can just be ourselves around that person. Things feel right; we hit it off. There is an immediate sense of familiarity and comfort. Conversation flows easily, without embarrassing pauses or self-consciousness. In essence, we click.

I'll parade with those who are alone like me. They exist. They are very few, but they exist. I'll find them.

Ma chi capisce tutto e tutti finisce con l'assolvere tutto e tutti. Chi assolve tutto e tutti finisce col perdonare tutto e tutti. Chi perdona tutto e tutti non crede a nulla. E chi non crede a nulla, mia cara, è un cinico. Tout court.

For whatever be the knowledge which we are able to obtain of God, either by perception or reflection, we must of necessity believe that He is by many degrees far better than what we perceive Him to be.

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.

The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got treated by boyfriends. I read this thing that said when you are in a relationship with a woman, imagine how you would feel if you were her father. That's been my approach, for the most part.

A person that does not value your time will not value your advice.

Truth is an acquired taste.

Sight is seeing with the eyes; vision is seeing with the mind.

Imagine if we applied as much grace to others as we give ourselves & as much law to ourselves as we apply to others.

It's easy to judge, but much more difficult to serve.

Knowledge is understanding universals; wisdom is the ability to recognize universal from the presented particulars.

You can't lose in sales if you remember that you're not selling; you're solving problems.

We are all fools when one wise man appears.