Quotes About Understanding

Na cólera, os nossos ouvidos deixam de ouvir.

Sentía la necesidad de reconocer todo lo que había vivido. Sentía la necesidad de recuperar todo lo que aquí, tiempo atrás, descubrió del mundo.

Del otro, lo aceptaban todo, incluso lo que no comprendían.

Solo l'amare, solo il conoscere conta, non l'aver amato, non l'aver conosciuto. Dà angoscia il vivere di un consumato amore. L'anima non cresce più.

The Word of God is the wisdom of God. It makes no difference how educated you are, how many books you've read, or what you think you know in life, or about life; if you don't have the Word in you, you can't function in the wisdom of God.

Even in preaching and ministering salvation to others, you must understand that the Gospel that we've been given and charged to take to the nations of the world, is a Gospel that can't be humanly explained and accepted. Consequently, we need the Holy Spirit to minister through us, and to help bring the understanding of the message to those to whom we minister.

Wisdom—the wisdom of God—is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom (Proverbs 4:7).

I like to tell women to seek out the "puzzle" and the "gem" within the man. The puzzle is, "What makes this person tick? Do I like it?" The gem is, "What is this person's gift? Humor? Honesty? Intelligence?

It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's pain.

Another person's life, observed from the outside, always has a shape and definition that one's own life lacks.

Understanding anyone begins with the person's family history and the culture he or she is a part of.

America's media seem utterly lacking in introspection. Do they understand why so many people hate them so? Do they care? Are they so smugly self-righteous and self-regarding they cannot see?

Truth and information are not the same thing! And neither are reality and state of existence!

the theorem of incompleteness . . . [shows] there is nothing on this level of existence that can fully explain this level of existence.

Books are living things and their task lies in their vows of silence. You touch them as they quiver with a divine pleasure. You read them and they fall asleep to happy dreams for the next 10 years. If you do them the favor of understanding them, of taking in their portions of grief and wisdom, then they settle down in contented residence in your heart.

Anyone who knows me well must understand and be sympathetic to my genuine need to be my own greatest hero. It is not a flaw of character; it is a catastrophe.

Further, we often make the mistake of treating listening as merely waiting for our turn to talk. While other team members are making their points, we're preparing our rebuttal. It takes practice and discipline to withhold the urge to jump in with our opinion and really concentrate on what the other person is saying.

Differences in personal style can impose formidable barriers to communication.

Teammates don't have to be best friends. In fact, the diversity and differences among the individual team members will probably preclude close friendships. However, the relationships must be solid enough to withstand the turbulence of day-to-day interaction, misunderstandings, and an occasional bad day. Solid team relationships provide the climate needed for high levels of cooperation and are characterized by trust, acceptance, respect, understanding, and courtesy.

You're daft,' she said. 'Doan matter what you think of me,' he said generously. 'I'll never think less of you.

Do you see?" "Sort of," she said, and she frowned hard to make her head work better.

Top-down cortically mediated techniques typically use cognition to regulate affect and sensorimotor experience, focusing on meaning making and understanding. The entry point is the story, and the formulation of a coherent narrative is of prime importance. A linguistic sense of self is fostered this process, and experience changes through understanding

A horse doesn't care how much you know, until he knows how much you care.

If your horse says no, you either asked the wrong question, or asked the question wrong.