Quotes about Understanding

people need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want. "We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.

I think, knowing full well that we always try to interpret things in accordance with what we want ant as they are.

If you want to stop an argument, close your mouth.

The person who knows only his side of the argument knows little of that.

People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.

Argument need not be heated; it can be punctuated with courteous smiles - or sympathetic tears.

Mistakes are made on two counts: an argument is either based on error or incorrectly developed.

Jesus almost never talked in terms of explaining. He was always using enigmatic stories and difficult metaphors. He was always pulling people into some kind of participation.

Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul?

You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself.

I would no more quarrel with a man because of his religion than I would because of his art.

Lord, who art always the same, give that I know myself, give that I know Thee.