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Quotes about Understanding

There is much in life that is complicated and beyond our understanding, but the basic principles of human liberty are not so complicated, and if we hold to them, we will find a way to correct our mistakes and set a true course
— Madeleine Albright
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist.
— Madeleine L'Engle
And who understands? Not me, because if I did I would forgive it all.
— John Donne
Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.
— John Donne
It is not love to ignore your spouse's sin, or brokenness, or immaturity.
— John Eldredge
That is exactly what we need. Eyes to see. Isn't that what Jesus offered us—clarity? Recovery of sight for the blind (Luke 4:18)? We need clarity and we need it badly. A simple prayer rises from my heart: Jesus, take away the fog and the clouds and the veil, and help me to see... give me eyes to really see.
— John Eldredge
Oswald Chambers, a man who wrote profoundly and elegantly on prayer, made a radical statement when he said, "The idea of prayer is not in order to get answers from God." Good heavens—it's not? What then is the purpose? "Prayer is perfect and complete oneness with God." A mighty truth is being uncovered here.
— John Eldredge
Listen to your own heart and the hearts of the women you know. What is it that a woman wants? What does she dream of?
— John Eldredge
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."
— John Eldredge
What do you want me to pray for them? Show me what to pray.
— John Eldredge
We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are. (HEBREWS 4:15)
— John Eldredge