#understanding

He built up a situation that was far enough from the truth. It never occurred to him that Helen was to blame. He forgot the intensity of their talk, the charm that had been lent him by sincerity, the magic of Oniton under darkness and of the whispering river. Helen loved the absolute. Leonard had been ruined absolutely, and had appeared to her as a man apart, isolated from the world. A real man, who cared for adventure and beauty, who desired to live decently and pay his way, who could have travelled more gloriously through life than the Juggernaut car that was crushing him. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#intensity #misunderstanding #river #ruination #water

I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding. ↗

— John Lennon

#answers #believe #claimed #claiming #divinity

You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason. ↗

— G. Gordon Liddy

#existence #fact #fear #get #integral

Today, public understanding of our past and our system of government is pitifully low. ↗

— Eric Liu

#low #our #past #public #system

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#between #bridge #difference #emotional #forms

The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it's to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure it's well-received and lives in somebody else. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#another way #communicate #concept #content #else

A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#better #better world #emerge #faith #shall

I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#count #delicacy #hope #i #lack

Ellis's understanding of himself and the world around him certainly develops because of his adventures, and part of that development comes through recognizing other people for what they are. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#around #because #certainly #comes #development

We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#board #called #deeper #develop #greater