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Quotes About Understanding

The more you read, the more you want to know, and so the more questions you have.
~ Xinran
I'm sure it must have been even more wonderful then, when we were young and knew nothing about the pain of growing up.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
The reason she was crying didn't matter to me. Perhaps there was no reason at all. Her tears had that sort of purity.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
Root always showed amazing insight when it came to the Professor.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
No matter how hard I listened, there was never any sign of someone living under the floor, and yet this silence made me all the more conscious of his existence.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
A problem has a rhythm of its own, just like a piece of music. Once you get the rhythm, you get the sense of the problem as a whole, and you can see where the traps might be waiting.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
A heart has no shape, no limits. That's why you can put almost any kind of thing in it, why it can hold so much.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
Eternal truths are ultimately invisible, and you won't find them in material things or natural phenomena, or even in human emotions. Mathematics, however, can illuminate them, can give them expression – in fact, nothing can prevent it from doing so.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
Poate c?, de fapt, nu era nici un caiet al lui Dumnezeu, ci în întregul univers se aflau dou? feluri de fiinÅ£e – un num?r de fiinÅ£e special înzestrate, care puteau înÅ£elege o parte din aceast? ordine, ÅŸi noi toÅ£i ceilalÅ£i, care de-abia puteam aprecia descoperirile lor.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
And what will happen if words disappear?
~ Y?ko Ogawa
A problem has a rhythm of its own, just like a piece of music," the professor said. "Once you get the rhythm, you get the sense of the problem as a whole, and you can see where the traps might be waiting.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
Life isn't going to be easier, nor is anyone going to make a fortune, just because they know something about prime numbers.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
Wie sehr wir uns auch bemühten, den anderen zu verstehen, es gab immer etwas, das sich unserem Verständnis entzog. Und je mehr wir darüber redeten, desto deprimierender wurde es.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
Hur tomt ett hjärta än är försöker det ändå förnimma något.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
Igual que algo que se hunde y reposa sobre el fondo de un lago al que no llega la luz, así escapan los recuerdos a nuestro alcance. Pero si alargas el brazo lo suficiente bajo la superficie del agua, tus dedos rozarán aquello que los ojos no ven. Cógelo y tráelo a la superficie, donde la luz volverá a iluminarlo.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
And what will happen if words disappear?" I
~ Y?ko Ogawa
If that were the case, they wouldn't be so difficult to understand and there'd be no need for mathematicians.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
When you lost your voice, you lost the ability to make sense of yourself.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
Jika lawanmu tidak ingin pedangnya diambil, jangan berkeras mengambilnya.
~ Yagyu Munenori
It is the Mind, That is the Mind, Confusing the Mind. Do not leave the Mind, O Mind, To the Mind.
~ Yagyu Munenori
I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.
~ Yakov Smirnoff
Luz et veritas, Light and truth
~ Yale
history is like a mirror that helps you to see through yourself.
~ Yang Jwing-Ming
At that time, I feel sad, and I feel no one knows how hard I work and how many tears. They only know the score. At that time, I feel very lonely because no one understands since they haven't been world No. 1 before.
~ Yani Tseng