#understanding

When I realized, in 1978, that Lucy did represent a new species of human ancestor, and that I had an opportunity to name this new species, I realized this was a revolutionary step in understanding human origins. ↗

— Donald Johanson

#had #human #i #lucy #name

Americans are a decade behind Canada when it comes to sex education and understanding their bodies. ↗

— Sue Johanson

#bodies #canada #comes #decade #education

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. ↗

— Helen Keller

#i do #peace #understanding #want #which

We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#infected #minds #misunderstanding #our #own

The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because it was a very turbulent environment full of things interacting with each other. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#current #each #environment #evolve #full

Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it. ↗

— Charles Kettering

#between #difference #great #know #knowing

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#frustrating #good #ill #misunderstanding #more

This field is not necessarily glamorous, nor does it often produce immediate results, but it seeks to increase our basic understanding of living processes. ↗

— Aaron Klug

#basic understanding #does #field #glamorous #immediate

And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops. ↗

— Hans Kung

#church #communion #community #god #hierarchy

Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers. ↗

— Karl Rove

#attacks #conservatives #indictments #liberals #offer