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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife,' I said, sighing. 'Is it?' said Veronica, looking surprised. 'Universally acknowledged? Surely that presupposes life similar to human societies beyond this planet, and besides--' 'No, no, it's a quote from ... Never mind,' I said. ↗


— Michelle Cooper


#jane-austen #marriage #misunderstanding #quotes #truth

If you can develop this ability to see what you look at, to understand its meaning, to readjust your knowledge to this new information, you can continue to learn and to grow as long as you live and you’ll have a wonderful time doing it. ↗


— Eleanor Roosevelt


#to-understand-its-meaning #life

You can not hope to arrive at harmony in your life while stirring up disturbances in anothers... ↗


— Rasheed Ogunlaru


#consciousness #harmony #mindfulness #oneness #peace

Perhaps we all lose our sense of reality to the precise degree to which we are engrossed in our own work, and perhaps that is why we see in the increasing complexity of our mental constructs a means for greater understanding, even while intuitively we know that we shall never be able to fathom the imponderables that govern our course through life. ↗


— W.G. Sebald


#order #understanding #life

Understanding people’s difficulties and—just as crucial—helping people understand their own difficulties and teaching them concrete ways to help themselves will help them better deal with their own lives and, in turn, ours. ↗


— Kathryn Erskine


#empathy #kathryn-erskine #life #mockingbird #people

The testimony of the greatest humans who have ever lived is that the way to make the most of ourselves is by transcending ourselves. We must learn to move beyond self-centeredness to make room within ourselves for others. When you transcend yourself, the fact will be confirmed by the quality of your life. We will attain – even if only momentarily – a transparency and a radiance of being which results from living both within and beyond yourself. This is the promise and the excitement of self-understanding. ↗


— Don Richard Riso


#inspiration #personality-types #self-awareness #self-understanding #wisdom

The Maestro spoke again. "When we are not, at what point do we become?" I could not reply. For I had grasped no shape of his thoughts. I understood neither what he said nor his intent behind it. ↗


— Theresa Breslin


#existence #leonardo-da-vinci #life #matteo #post-mortem

? Life is all about relationships and what actually happens when people relate, when people understand each other. To see each other for who they are, not what we want or expect of them.” Margaret Bouchard ↗


— Ted Magnuson


#relationships #understanding #wisdom #life

And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating. ↗


— Alberto Moravia


#fascination #love #men #monster #scorned

And without understanding, could each properly love the other? ↗


— Anita Brookner


#understanding #love






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