Quotes about Understanding

Faith is the master, and reason the maid-servant.

In one sense the doctrine of the trinity is a mystery that we will never understand fully.

Faith never requires us to crucify our minds or deny our senses.

Seek not to understand that thou mayest believe but believe that thou mayest understand.

Faith doesn't wait until it understands in that case it wouldn't be faith.

Faith is reason plus revelation, and the revelation part requires one to think with the spirit as well as with the mind. You have to hear the music, not just read the notes on the page.

When you judge another person you do not define them. You merely define yourself as someone who needs to judge.

Judge not, before you judge yourself. Judge not, if you're not ready for judgement.

Kindness is a language the blind can see and the deaf can hear.

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think.

Kindness is a Language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.