#understanding

"I would rather my descendants have greater abilities and a greater knowledge of the love of Christ than I do, much like standing on one's shoulders in order to get a clearer view of the valley."

"University can teach you skill and give you opportunity, but it can't teach you sense, nor give you understanding. Sense and understanding are produced within one's soul."

"The level of consciousness defines the level of understanding and awareness."

"The wise do not buy into other people’s perceptions of who they are and what they are capable of. Instead, they bypass a person’s public persona and see who they are in their highest expression. When you see actions taken with integrity, instead of words only, you will then know a soul’s worth."

"To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the others."

"We must make haste then, not only because we are daily nearer to death, but also because the conception of things and the understanding of them cease first."

"I don't understand a thing about this world: about people, and why they do the things they do. The more I find out, the more I uncover, the more I know, the less I understand."

"I love him in ways that I can’t explain to other people. They don’t understand… it’s not their fault."

"It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten."

"I write to understand as much as to be understood."

"In a general sense, I admit to valuing the worldviews of men under the age of 40 and women over the age of 30."

"No adolescent ever wants to be understood, which is why they complain about being misunderstood all the time."

"She's a woman, you're a dude. You're not supposed to understand her. That's not what she's after.... She doesn't want you to understand her. She knows that's impossible. She just wants you to understand yourself. Everything else is negotiable."

"My father taught me that you can you read a hundred books on wisdom and write a hundred books on wisdom, but unless you apply what you learned then its only words on a page. Life is not lived with intentions, but action."

"It is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self-knowledge."

"Understanding requires insight. Insight must be anchored."

"There is a reason that all things are as they are, and did you see with my eyes and know with my knowledge, you would perhaps better understand."

"A leader should always be open to criticism, not silencing dissent. Any leader who does not tolerate criticism from the public is afraid of their dirty hands to be revealed under heavy light. And such a leader is dangerous, because they only feel secure in the darkness. Only a leader who is free from corruption welcomes scrutiny; for scrutiny allows a good leader to be an even greater leader."

"In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How should we treat them? Surely we should treat them with the same consideration and kindness as we show to other humans; and as we recognize human rights, so too should we recognize the rights of the great apes? Yes."

"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."