Understanding Quotes

No one is going to turn down a good meal because he does not understand the digestive mechanism.
V. I. Klassen

The guru, if he is gifted, reads the story as any bilingual person might. He does not translate-he understands.
Sheldon Kopp

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely -- the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
Harper Lee

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

When a man begins to understand himself he begins to live. When he begins to live he begins to understand his fellow men.
Norvin Mcgranahan

To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

A single moment of understanding can flood a whole life with meaning.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.
Joanne Kathleen Rowling

Everyone hears only what he understands.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
Upton Sinclair

In youth we learn; in age we understand.
Marie E. Eschenbach

There are three things I have loved but never understood. Art, music and women."
Bernard Le Bovier Fontenelle







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