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Quotes About Knowing

If human love hath power to penetrate the veil--and hath it not?--then there are yet living here a few who have the blessedness of knowing that an angel loves them.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
Without knowing your Spirit you cannot know God.
~ Nirmala Srivastava
Awareness, one with knowing, is love.
~ John de Ruiter
The truth was, neither the Central Intelligence Agency nor any of the other official and unofficial U.S. intelligence organizations have ever been some kind of all-seeing, all-knowing, global illuminati. For starters, we never hand that kind of funding.
~ Max Brooks
He also knew when to stop. In the fine art of deceit and personal advancement as in any other calling this is the hallmark of the master.
~ Mervyn Peake
The truth is, far too many people in our culture do not know what love is. And this not knowing feels like a terrible secret, a lack that we have to cover up.
~ bell hooks
My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. Philippians 3:10
~ Beth Moore
Everything in life requires a bit of faith, but for me it is knowing what is going on inside my head, inside my soul, and in both our personal lives and professional lives, we need to know how we are, to be able to have a good life.
~ Rui Patricio
How can the writer know reality if it is that which gets into him and sweeps him away, forever onto the sidelines.
~ Elfriede Jelinek
There are gods who watch over lost souls, particularly those who dream, and when these divinities' unknowable purposes align with the enterprise of these exiled souls, a force begins to flow that is as unquenchable as it is pure, and as knowing as it is indefatigable.
~ Steven Pressfield
When you receive God's love, it means you're getting close to Him, spending time in His presence, opening your heart to Him, seeking to know Him, and desiring to be more like Him. Remember that choosing to receive God's love changes your life.
~ Stormie Omartian
I can't explain that, except to say there's release in knowing the truth no matter how anguishing it is. You come finally to the irreducible thing, and there's nothing left to do but pick it up and hold it. Then, at least, you can enter the severe mercy of acceptance.
~ Sue Monk Kidd
truth is subjective, even in a court of law. Knowing and believing are remarkably similar — if not, in fact, the same.
~ Juli Zeh
He knew her, he realized. He truly knew her. Not just the usual things. In fact, he didn't know the usual things. He did not know her favorite color. Nor cold he guess her favorite animal or food. But somehow it didn't matter if he didn't knw if she preferred pink or blue or purple or black. He knew her heart. He wanted her heart.
~ Julia Quinn
He knew her, he realized. He truly knew her. Not just the usual things. In fact, he didn't know the usual things. He did not know her favorite color. Nor could he guess her favorite animal or food. But somehow it didn't matter if he didn't know if she preferred pink or blue or purple or black. He knew her heart. He wanted her heart.
~ Julia Quinn
So long, therefore, as the object of the mystic's contemplation is amenable to thought, is something which he can "know," he may be quite sure that it is not the Absolute; but only a partial image or symbol of the Absolute. To find that final Reality, he must enter into the "cloud of unknowing"--must pass beyond the plane on which the intellect can work. "When I say darkness," says the same great mystic, "I mean thereby a lack of knowing. . . .
~ Evelyn Underhill
Knowing and feeling are two different things, and feeling is what counts.
~ Francois Lelord
All of us deserve a greater peace of mind, knowing that our children are better protected wherever they are.
~ Bob Ney
Those who worship don't know, and those who know don't worship.
~ Bodhidharma
The not knowing—the hope—has become more painful than death. And that just makes the tragedy all the more obscene. It is horrible enough that you make a mother suffer like
~ Harlan Coben
Uno puede condenar a sus enemigos, pero es más prudente conocerlos.
~ Harper Lee
You said that the mind is like the wind but perhaps it is we who are like the wind Knowing nothing, simply blowing through. Never aging, never dying.
~ Haruki Murakami
Confidence; as a teenager? Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I love cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved. Those three things haven't changed from my childhood. I know what I love, still, now. That's a confidence. If you don't know what you love, you are lost.
~ Haruki Murakami
It showed her that a person's personality could change radically, that you could never really know someone. In fact, you could probably never know yourself. You could think of yourself as the most fun-loving, generous person but actually be cutthroat and indecent.
~ Heather O'Neill