Quotes about Understanding
It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me; it is the parts I do understand." Whoever said that may well have been thinking about Matthew 5 or even our specific passage.
— Scot McKnight
One reason why so many Christians today don't know the Old Testament is because their "gospel" doesn't even need it!
— Scot McKnight
But Augustine knew the Bible's main mission: so that we can become people who love God and love others. If our reading of the Bible leads to this, the mission is accomplished. If it isn't …
— Scot McKnight
If you complain to someone, you assume that it's someone who really cares about you.
— Scott Hahn
If God welcomed newborns into Israel by means of ritual circumcision for two thousand years, why would He suddenly close the kingdom to babies because they could not understand ritual baptism?
— Scott Hahn
10 Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" 11And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
— Scott Hahn
I'd say handling people is the most important thing you can do as a coach. I've found every time I've gotten into trouble with a player, it's because I wasn't talking to him enough.
— Lou Holtz
Next time you're about to judge someone, attempt to understand them instead.
— Marianne Williamson
People are whupped. I'm whupped. My wife is whupped. Unless it's your job to be curious, who really has the time to sit and ask questions and explore issues?
— Barack Obama
There are plenty of people over there who understand the difference. And there are plenty of people over here who understand the difference. It's still one world and it has been for a long time.
— Christoph Waltz
It is your understanding that is going to change your reality.
— Deepak Chopra
Ever is a long time. But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all.
— Cormac McCarthy