#standing

I think it happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. And so you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#moving-on #understanding #memory

You know, I can't stop thinking about you. Oh really? Why you so obsessed about me? Because..you're so full of shit yet still alive. ↗

— Toba Beta

#overconfidence #obsession

He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#understanding-others #enlightenment

Because it’s no longer enough to be a decent person. It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#enlightment #humanity #understanding #enlightenment

If you understood everything I said, you’d be me ↗

— Miles Davis

#understanding #identity

We define ourselves, in part, by the discriminations we make. The value of what we love is enriched by our understanding of what we dislike. ↗

— David Ansen

#dislike #enriched #love #love is #make

I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build a mentality of understanding that the military needs to be subordinate to civilian control and respectful of its own people. ↗

— John Abizaid

#build #civilian #control #done #got

Science gropes and staggers toward improved understanding. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#understanding #science

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#understanding #understanding

And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing. ↗

— Dennis Banks

#legal #moral #native #people #realized