Quotes about Understanding

Power can do everything but the most important thing: it cannot control love.

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings.

Yieldedness is vital in listening to what He has to say.

I urge you children to be patient with your parents. If they seem to be out of touch on such vital issues as dating, clothing styles, modern music, and use of family cars, listen to them anyway. They have the experience that you lack.

There needs to be a place in the church or just outside - there needs to be a place where people feel free to ask questions without being put upon, where they feel free to ask difficult, challenging questions to voice their skepticism.

When our neighbor's personality possesses harsh qualities, we show our love by not voluntarily provoking those qualities in any way. Past experience shows us what upsets a person, so in their presence we are careful not to do or say those things that cause anger. We are self-effacing.

It's good to have people in your life around whom you can be yourself.

is that if you are aware of what is happening, you are "doing it right," no matter what is happening.

All truth is given by revelation, either general or special, and it must be received by reason. Reason is the God-given means for discovering the truth that God discloses, whether in his world or his Word. While God wants to reach the heart with truth, he does not bypass the mind.

Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.