Understanding Quotes - Page 21

The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.

It's only when I say that everything is incomprehensible that I come as close as possible to understanding the only thing it is given to us to understand.

Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts

All religions promise a reward beyond life, in eternity, for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding.

In futsal, you see whether a player is really talented. You notice the small details in quality, class and tactical understanding.

How great musicians demonstrate a mutual respect and trust on the bandstand can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every aspect of your life, understanding what it means to be a global citizen in the most modern sense.

You must become the producer, director and actor in the unfolding story of your life.

We will soon create intelligences greater than our own ... When this happens, human history will have reached a kind of singularity, an intellectual transition as impenetrable as the knotted space-time at the center of a black hole, and the world will pass far beyond our understanding.

B.O.B. and I have a longtime understanding - when we're done with each other, we know exactly which one of us has been used, and it isn't me. Good night Gideon.

Positive thinking isn't ignoring life's problems, it's understanding that Allah can make a way out for you if you sincerely try.

To understand is to perceive patterns.

Above all, it is a matter of loving art, not understanding it.

Magick is the Science of understanding oneself and one's conditions. It is the Art of applying that understanding in action.

Though there are things beyond our understanding, for the most part we are the architects of our own unhappiness.

True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.

Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path.

Speak up, speak often and don’t worry about those that at this point cannot understand as they can never un-hear what we tell them.

Three things have helped me successfully go through the ordeals of life -- an understanding husband, a good analyst and millions of dollars.

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.

Always be willing to look at both sides of the argument. Understanding the other side is the best way to strengthen your own.

I can maintain my sense of the sacredness of existence only by understanding my own limitations and losing my self-importance.

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we work, the material out of which laws are made, out of which the Constitution was written. Everything depends on our understanding of them.