A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. —Bertrand Russell More about this quote Tags: understanding ignorance intelligence knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are. —Zen saying More about this quote Tags: understanding reality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It takes so little to change everything. If you really thought about it, it would scare you to death. —Sarah Dessen in The Moon and More More about this quote Tags: understanding fear power change death Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Language is the source of misunderstandings. —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry More about this quote Tags: understanding communication language Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Furious activity is no substitute for understanding. —H.H. Williams More about this quote Tags: understanding doing change work activity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I liked things better when I didn't understand them. —Bill Watterson More about this quote Tags: understanding ignorance knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Education directs all our attention towards knowledge and attaches no importance to understanding. Exposing children to this kind of influence means that they reach adult life having lost themselves, being entirely dependent upon external things — possessions, the opinions of other people, appearances, and so on. —John G. Bennett More about this quote Tags: understanding education knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Some people will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon. —Alexander Pope More about this quote Tags: understanding learning knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is no such thing as a weird human being, It’s just that some people require more understanding than others. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: attention understanding patience weirdness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand. —Baruch Spinoza More about this quote Tags: understanding sadness indignation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Unless we remember we cannot understand. —E.M. Forster More about this quote Tags: understanding learning memory Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. —Albert Einstein More about this quote Tags: understanding science cats explanation electricity radio Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. —Carl Jung More about this quote Tags: understanding anger irritation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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. —Marie Curie More about this quote Tags: understanding fear learning knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions. —Robert A. Humphrey More about this quote Tags: understanding problem solution Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email