Quotes on “understanding”

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn't suck.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe.

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

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand

True love is born from understanding.

It is so difficult - at least, I find it difficult - to understand people who speak the truth.

Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.

I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control.

It's not at all hard to understand a person; it's only hard to listen without bias.

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.