Quotes about Understanding
Just as it is agreed that we all wish to be happy, so it is that we all wish to be wise, since no one without wisdom is happy.
— St. Augustine
The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his faith and lovingness.
— Khalil Gibran
Never, no never, did Nature say one thing, and wisdom another.
— Edmund Burke
Good listeners believe they can learn something from everyone.
— Charles Swindoll
But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.
— Paulo Coelho
If God gives you a watch, are you honoring Him more by asking Him what time it is or by simply consulting the watch?
— AW Tozer
The primary wisdom is intuition.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wisdom and understanding are synonymous words; they consist of two propositions, which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same thing variously expressed.
— John Tillotson
Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king even in the knocker on a door.
— Victor Hugo
Body cannot teach wisdom; God only.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage who is not wise for himself]
— Euripides