Quotes about Understanding
On the contrary, Augustine says (Octog. Tri. Quaest. qu. xlvi),"Such is the power inherent in ideas, that no one can be wise unless they are understood.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
We need discernment in what we see and what we hear and what we believe.
— Charles Swindoll
I saw many aspects of the country which I needed to see in order that I might know what we need to do.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.
— Jesse Jackson
Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.
— Henry David Thoreau
Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world.
— Joel Osteen
I grew up in a family of nine children, and I know there has to be a back and forth and a listening.
— Blase J. Cupich
Most people really have no problem with the idea of a creator God. Their question is just what is this God like, how can I know about him, how can I know him.
— Eric Metaxas
Love never forces itself on another's will. So
— Norman Geisler
While God does want to reach our hearts, He does not bypass our minds in the process.
— Norman Geisler
The Law of Noncontradiction is a self-evident first principle of thought that says contradictory claims cannot both be true at the same time in the same sense.
— Norman Geisler
The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time.
— Cicero