Quotes about Understanding

The most venerable, clearly understood, enlightened, and reliable constant in the world is not only that we want to be happy, but that we want only to be so. Our very nature requires it of us.

I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself.

First be sure that you know exactly what you want to say. Then be sure you have said exactly that.

You have to first experience what you want to express

In Oran, as elsewhere, for want of time and thought, people have to love one another without knowing it.

Believe what you want But don't dumb down what Jesus said.

Christ wants us to have a child's heart but a grown-up's head.

When I'm older I'll understand" said Lucy, " I am older and I don't think I want to understand", replied Edmund

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

I think one of the worst things that happened to me was, you know, my voluntary fallout with my father. And then the greatest thing that happened to me was when I saw the light, and realized I needed to love him in a way that he could love me back.

The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

I spoke up about my difficulties with anxiety and depression to try to help change people's view of those problems and improve understanding. You need to be brave about doing it because you know you'll get negative stuff aimed at you by ignorant people, and I did, but it's all about toughening up and rising above that. It was worth it.