Quotes About Understanding

weary of k knowing too much and understanding too little.

Listening is among the most generous ways to give. When a loved one talks to us— whether their words appear to be deep or shallow— listen. For in some way, they are baring their souls.

Av alle blendverk livet truer på oss, er dette det farligste; å tro at det bare er én virkelighet og at den er forståelig.

Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence.

A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions. (Proverbs 18:2)

History writes the word 'Reconciliation' over all her quarrels.

Self discovery is something you cannot buy

Alice twists a lock of her hair as she sucks on her straw and swivels back and forth on her seat. The shush of the ball bearings sounds like the sea to her, like waves retreating through the sand. She is a thousand miles away. I know this, but I'm not going to let her know I know.

A] certain degree of un-understanding (not mis-, but un-) is the only possible sanctuary which one human being can offer to another in the midst of the devastating intimacy of a happy marriage.

Clem caught her eye across the table. It seemed to her sometimes that the most important thing about marriage was not a home or children or a remedy against sin, but simply there being always an eye to catch.

We tend to listen to Mozart with ears trained by Beethoven, and that's not the best way to listen to Mozart.

forgetting that the one we are speaking with is a person, not a factory for granting wishes. He invites us to pray so we will engage him in conversation, and through conversation, get to know him.

Diepzinnigheid die niet gebakerd ligt in paradoxale oppervlakkigheid is natuurlijk een gruwel.

It always feels better when someone understands that you're standing in a shit storm holding a broken umbrella.

Some say the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom," Gertie said. "I think the fear of women is the beginning of wisdom. At least for men.

Walter asked me to marry him again," she said finally. Gertie gave me a knowing look. Bingo. She'd called that one correctly. "I'll bake him a chocolate cake," Gertie said. "It's his favorite. Might take some of the sting out of the rejection." Ida Belle looked over at us. "I didn't say no.

I mean, not when he was actually dead but from before, you know, when he wasn't dead?" "I get it.

Deputy Breaux didn't so much as raise an eyebrow—just leaned over and grabbed Celia's shoulders and helped Carter haul her out. You had to love a man who really understood his town and his people.

I nodded, completely understanding his desire to get away from people, especially people who were judging your ability to do your job when they really had zero idea what that job entailed.

The problem with society is that most people are too comfortable in their own lives to even try to imagine the difficulty of someone

Gertie reached over and patted my hand. "It always feels better when someone understands that you're standing in a shit storm holding a broken umbrella." That pretty much summed it up.

Much of the insensibility and hardness of the world is due to the lack of imagination which prevents a realization of the experiences of other people.

Life cannot be administered by definite rules and regulations; that wisdom to deal with a man's difficulties comes only through some knowledge of his life and habits as a whole.

There are such beings in the world -- perhaps one in a thousand -- as the creature you and I should think perfection; where grace and spirit are united to worth, where the manners are equal to the heart and understanding; but such a person may not come in your way, or, if he does, he may not be the eldest son of a man of fortune, the near relation of your particular friend, and belonging to your own county.