Quotes About Understanding

El idiota suele ser buen lector, pero generalmente, de malos libros. No lee de izquierda a derecha, como los occidentales, ni de derecha a izquierda, como los orientales. Se las ha arreglado para leer de izquierda a izquierda

Un poco de buena compañía, un poco de comprensión, inclusive un poco de amor es todo cuanto necesitan, y suelen agradecerlo. Un poco de todo nada más, por supuesto, porque su soledad es insaciable

Un amigo que no entiende, simplemente, no es tan bueno como uno creía

Nor does their understanding, which is blinded and bent only on avarice, perceive that this very thing might be more safely done by means of science.

nihil novum nihil varium nihil quod non semel spectasse sufficiat

All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.

When one has achieved the object of one's desires, it is evident that one's real desire was not the ignorant possession of the desired object but to know it as possessed--as actually contemplated, as within one.

He who has not even a knowledge of common things is a brute among men. He who has an accurate knowledge of human concerns alone, is a man among brutes. But he who knows all that can be known by intellectual energy is a God among men.

Spintharus, speaking in commendation of Epaminondas, says he scarce ever met with any man who knew more and spoke less.

The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.

A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.

take care, in reading the writings of philosophers or hearing their speeches, that you do not attend to words more than things, nor get attracted more by what is difficult and curious than by what is serviceable and solid and useful.

I don't recall the beginning of what you said, and consequently I also don't grasp the middle sections, while the part at the end I don't approve of.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Books delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

No necesito amigos que cambien cuando yo cambio y asientan cuando yo asiento. Mi sombra lo hace mucho mejor.

As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.

intelligence is a human construct, not a biological thing)

A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year.

No one really understands a family but the people in it and even they each understand it differently.

The only really interesting things about someone that makes you want to explore them further is their heart.

Leonard is saying, 'Whenever I hear that a guy writes poetry I feel close to him. You know, I understand the folly.