Quotes about Understanding

The only thing that really teaches one what life's about the joy of understanding, the joy of coming in contact with what life really signifies - is suffering, affliction.

Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.

Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.

You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?

She (his future wife) was so deep into the Lord's presence that I felt like an outsider.

The art of interpreting the scriptures is the only one of which all men everywhere claim to be masters.

You can't understand where someone's going unless you understand where they've been.

We need to approach the Bible each day with a spirit of deep humility, recognizing that our understanding of spiritual truth is at best incomplete and to some extent inaccurate ... we should approach the Scriptures in humility and expect the Spirit to humble us even further as we continue being taught by Him from His Word.

Nothing cuts the nerve of the desire to pursue holiness as much as a sense of guilt. On the contrary, nothing so motivates us to deal with sin in our lives as does the understanding and application of the two truth that our sins are forgiven and the dominion of sin is broken because of our union with Christ.

Paul acknowledged what we must acknowledge if we are to trust God. God's plan and His way of working out His plan are frequently beyond our ability to fathom and understand. We must learn to trust when we don't understand.

Often unwilling to accept the fact that God is working because they don't understand how He is working, they have chosen to substitute the doctrine of chance for the doctrine of divine providence.

How do we view those who do not show love for us? Do we see them as persons for whom Christ died or as persons who make our lives difficult?