Understanding

"Understanding is a two-way street." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace. ~ Helen Keller

The way we're going to get to understanding is for each man to open his heart and open his mind and look in himself as he looks at his neighbor. ~ Pearl Bailey

It is a luxury to be understood. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding. ~ Lao Tzu

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand. ~ Benedict De Spinoza

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. ~ Carl Gustav Jung

For I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this I believe that unless I believe, I should not understand. ~ St. Anselm of Canterbury

If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

If you understood everything I said, youíd be me. ~ Miles Davis

It is understanding that gives us the ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences. ~ Harry S Truman

The less I understand life, the more I live it! ~ Jules Renard

He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god. ~ Plato

"To be great is to be misunderstood." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it as it is and why it exists as all. ~ Stephen Hawking

If you try to put yourself in the other guy's shoes--even for a minute--understanding and compassion will come. ~ Paul Winfield

Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him. ~ Erich Fromm

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood. ~ Jr. Teague

There are two kinds of people in this world, those who long to be understood and those who long to be misunderstood. It is the irony of life that neither is gratified. ~ Carl Van Vechten

Everyone hears only what he understands. ~ Johann von Goethe