Quotes About Understanding

Es gibt kaum eine bessere Möglichkeit, einen Menschen wirklich kennen zu lernen, als ihn zu überraschen.

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.

The method of political science is the interpretation of life its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.

Interest does not tie nations together it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them.

I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it.

All things come to him who waits -- provided he knows what he is waiting for.

We will presently find that we are not so far apart after all, that the points on which we differ are few and the points on which we agree are many, and that if we only have the patience and the candor and the desire to get together, we will get together.

You devour a book meant to be read, not because you would fill yourself or have an anxious care to be nourished, but because it contains such stuff

Never attempt to murder a man who is committing suicide.

A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears.

Can we actually "know" the universe? My God, it's hard enough finding your way around in Chinatown.

Sex between a man and a woman can be absolutely wonderful — provided you get between the right man and the right woman.

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.

No matter what a person may be exhibiting at any given moment, it is only one part of a whole human being; each person contains the seed of enlightenment within and therefore deserves respect. While

Todd paused and stared into Terrence's eyes. there was no understanding there, just a white-hot rage and fear. he was looking at Todd the way you would look at a kid on ritalin who'd just taken a loaded shotgun down from the mantel.

É che novanta volte su cento, conoscevi già le reazioni di tutti: qualcuno ti compativa, e ti faceva rimpiangere di non essere stato zitto; un altro suggeriva distrazioni, donne, vino,bagordi, senza capire che quando sei pronto per quelle o stai già meglio o sei all'ultimo stadio, ed è la via intermedia che ti fa star male.

The master sees beyond what is obvious. He sees the unseen, feels the unfelt, and hears the unheard. He looks below the surface for what is hidden and so finds the great heartbeat of the Universe. He smiles, knowing it is his heartbeat, your heartbeat, our heartbeat.

A person who speaks as if he knows everything soon drives away his listeners. The Universe communicates itself to us in many ways, and sometimes, it is through the words of others. If we act the know-it-all, others may refrain from talking to us, and we may fail to get the message they could have given us.

To lead people or influence them, we must first align ourselves with them. By identifying with individuals or groups, we gain their confidence and can then lead them into a higher understanding or direct them to the achievement of lofty goals.

It is more important that we listen to others than to always be speaking, for in that way we learn what there is to know. We should be easy to talk to, and grateful for new information.

The problem is that we're afraid, and that's the reason we fight each other. We keep making it about other countries or religions, and it's not. Why can't we sit down and talk about what we're afraid of? We're afraid to tell the truth.

In that humiliating, spirit-crushing, bone-aching, ah-ha! moment, a lightbulb went off in my head. I thought to myself, I finally get it. Anytime I'm in a relationship with any living thing and I have the need to win, the possibility for connection and closeness is over.