#understanding

The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding. ↗

— Winifred Holtby

#crown #happiness #life #neither #nor

Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

#helpless #make #misunderstanding #oneself #others

Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint. ↗

— Garry Trudeau

#actually #after #altered #attainable #been

I saw something I could never forget. I saw lifetimes of acknowledgement, fear, wisdom, questioning, and understanding in a child's eye. It was the worst thing I would ever witness. ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

#fear #innocence #life-lessons #life-loss #questioning

Understanding requires insight. Insight must be anchored. ↗

— Brian Greene

#science #understanding #science

CHOICE NOT CHNACE DETERMINES DESTINY ↗

— P. RAWAT

#understanding #life

There’s nothing as significant as a human face. Nor as eloquent. We can never really know another person, except by our first glance at him. Because, in that glance, we know everything. Even though we’re not always wise enough to unravel the knowledge. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#understanding #wise

Love and translation look alike in their grammar. To love someone implies transforming their words into ours. Making an effort to understand the other person and, inevitably, to misinterpret them. To construct a precarious language together. ↗

— Andrés Neuman

#language #love #lovers #relationships #translation

Thank you, Tempest, for loving me when understanding was too hard. Thank you for understanding when loving me is impossible. ↗

— Tracy Deebs

#love #understanding #love

Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding. ↗

— Peter Davison

#appeal #everybody #levels #poetry #reach