Quotes about Understanding
I will plant my feet on that step where my parents put me as a child, until self-evident truth comes to light.
— St. Augustine
Truth can stand by itself...If there be but one right [religion], and [Christianity] that one, we should wish to see the nine hundred and ninety-nine wandering sects gathered into the fold of truth.
— Thomas Jefferson
Only as they cease to seek anything by themselves and only as they take the position of the teachable shall they be taught by the Spirit truth which they are able to digest.
— Watchman Nee
We have all heard what we wanted to hear! Truth that sounds right to our ears!
— William Faulkner
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
— Samuel Johnson
Soon I'll find the right words, they'll be very simple.
— Jack Kerouac
Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy its glories.
— Brigham Young
It is my feeling that Time ripens all things with Time all things are revealed Time is the father of truth.
— Francois Rabelais
Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
— St. Augustine
To belong is to understand the tacit codes of the people you live with; it is to know that you will be understood without having to explain yourself.
— Michael Ignatieff
What I'm trying to do is fulfill what my father said, which is, 'We have to find a way to live together as brothers and sisters, or together we're going to perish as fools.'
— Bernice King