Quotes about Understanding

Judge not unless you judge yourself.

Strange, then, is the blindness of the intellect, which does not consider that which it sees first and without which it can know nothing.

I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice.

The world should not pass judgement upon the Negro, and especially the Negro youth, too quickly or too harshly. The Negro boy has obstacles, discouragements and temptations to battle with that are little known to those not situated as he is.

Education is not what a person is able to hold in his head, so much as it is what a person is able to find.I

Today it is very fashionable to talk about the poor. Unfortunately, it is not fashionable to talk with them.

We are able to become lovers of God because He already accepts us. We may think we know ourselves, but when we do not accept ourselves, we only prove how little we understand. What a tragedy! The truth is that the God of the universe loves us deeply. We are covered in His blood. That is what allows us to know and love Him. When we understand this fully, we will walk in holiness and be altogether healed.

Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

I do not mean to object to a thorough knowledge of the famous works we read. I object only to the interminable comments and bewildering criticisms that teach but one thing: there are as many opinions as there are men.

I cannot remember how I felt when the light went out of my eyes. I suppose I felt it was always night and perhaps I wondered why the day did not come.

Many scholars forget, it seems to me, that our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.