People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question. Richardson, Samuel
People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater. Fiske, Minnie Maddern
Reasoning is compared to understanding as movement is to rest, or acquisition to possession…. Since movement always proceeds from something immovable, and ends in something at rest, hence it is that human reasoning, in the order of inquiry and discovery, proceeds from certain things absolutely understood—namely, the first principles; and, again, in the order of […]
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. King Jr., Martin Luther
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. King Jr., Martin Luther
The peace of God, which passeth all understanding. (Philippians, 4:7) Bible
The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men. Russell, Bertrand
Understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation of man, I am opposed to whatever tends to degrade them. Lincoln, Abraham
Understanding replaces imaginary fears with real ones. Cooley, Mason
Understanding is the wages of faith. St. Augustine
Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness. Jung, Carl
What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives, acts, and experiences otherwise than we do and crosswise to our purposes? For love to bridge these opposites through joy it must not eliminate or deny them.—Even self-love presupposes an irreconcilable duality (or multiplicity) in a single person. Nietzsche, Frederick
