#understanding

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding. ↗

— Albert Camus

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The human crisis is always a crisis of understanding: what we genuinely understand we can do. ↗

— Raymond Williams

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Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#hearts #led #much #oftener #than

I grew up understanding the pros and cons of what you're getting into and knowing what comes with your job. I like to keep my private life private, and then work is work. I feel so far I've had a really good balance with that. ↗

— Lily Collins

#comes #cons #far #feel #getting

I was a very interested arts student, I was always into that part of school and when I got into high school I went into architectural drafting. It gave me an understanding of how to build things and it's really helped me put things in perspective. With my music and my movies, to me it's all art. ↗

— Ice Cube

#architectural #art #arts #build #drafting

There is no teacher, living or past, who can give us the actual understanding of Truth. A teacher can only put our feet upon the path and point the way. That is all. It is wholly dependent on the individual to make his way to Truth. ↗

— Paul Twitchell

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I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides. ↗

— Kyan Douglas

#fear #guides #i #just #know

In reality I have said very little things; I didn't point out many things to Geoffrey, I trusted very much not only his understanding of what I was doing, or what I wanted to do, in that moment. ↗

— Victoria de los Angeles

#geoffrey #his #i #little #little things

We all think when we’re young that we want excitement and highs and passion. To hell with ordinary.” I smiled and she chuckled. “But when we find ourselves in these adult bodies,” she said. “When we wise up a little, or get slapped in the face by life, we realize we just want all things to be equal.” She put the heels of her hands together near her heart like the Yoga prayer position. “And we want to understand them better. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#glass-girl #grief #laura-anderson-kurk #meg-kavanagh #relationships

The world only goes round by misunderstanding. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

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