#understand

After much diligent research, aided by other women, I gradually came to understand that beneath the familiar Goddesses of the patriarchy, there is a much more ancient Goddess. ↗

— Carol P. Christ

#aided #ancient #beneath #came #diligent

I have continued systematically to study the Book of Mormon and Bible to understand even more deeply what God expects of me and my family while on this earth. ↗

— Clayton Christensen

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Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#believe #color #family #freedom #god

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#great #people #revenue #understand

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#misconception #must #others #ourselves #read

We understand God by everything in ourselves that is fragmentary, incomplete, and inopportune. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#fragmentary #god #incomplete #ourselves #understand

I have to understand what my strengths and limitations are, and work from a true place. I try to do this as best I can while still protecting my writer self, which more than ever needs privacy. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

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The repudiation of the primacy of understanding means the repudiation of the norms of judgment as well, and hence the abandonment of all ethical standards. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

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Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding. ↗

— David Hume

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The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue. ↗

— David Hume

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