#understanding

As you have seen the treachery of love because of me, I have seen my cruelty because of you. But you learned mercy from me, and from you I learned resilience. As you came to understand me enough to know the value I placed on selfless love, I understand your nature better. ↗

— D. Morgenstern

#learning-from-mistakes #love #relationships #understanding-oneself-and-others #love

...I like stories very much,” the priest said. “They help me understand myself better. ↗

— Simon Van Booy

#stories #understanding #understanding-oneself #love

Sometimes those who love most deeply can't get past the weight of their own feelings. ↗

— James L. Halperin

#observant #understanding #wise #love

Genna: “My straw has a hole in it!” Tim: *gives her a Really? look* Genna: “One that it’s not meant to have! ↗

— Timmothy Radman

#misunderstanding #obvious #straw #humor

I think that's the way people absorb television. All the explanations in Doctor Who are there if that's your bag, but they're not essential to your enjoyment of it. An awful lot of storytelling isn't really about making people understand — it's about making people care. ↗

— Steven Moffat

#storytelling #understanding #storytelling

Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge. ↗

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

#knowledge #thich-nhat-hanh #understanding #buddhism

Senses empower limitations, senses expand vision within borders, senses promote understanding through pleasure. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #empowerment #limitations #literature #literature-quotes

The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#grammar #humor #misunderstandings #problems #troubles

Face it," Gary told her kindly. "You'll never catch up. You just do as much as you can and take the punishments without saying anything. Sometimes I wonder if that isn't what they're really trying to teach us--to take plenty and keep our mouths shut. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#lesson #punishment #understanding #humor

Music helps us understand where we have come from but, more importantly, what has happened to us. ↗

— Simon Van Booy

#music #past #understanding #life