#understanding

Don't you understand that we need to be childish in order to understand? Only a child sees things with perfect clarity, because it hasn't developed all those filters which prevent us from seeing things that we don't expect to see. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#understanding #understanding

You should write a book," Ron told Hermione as he cut up his potatoes, "translating mad things girls do so boys can understand them. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#understanding

By understanding the nuances of the world around you and how to survive the temptations, you can rule anything. Even yourself ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#survive #understanding #temptation

Fights between individuals, as well as governments and nations, invariably result from misunderstandings in the broadest interpretation of this term. Misunderstandings are always caused by the inability of appreciating one another's point of view. This again is due to the ignorance of those concerned, not so much in their own, as in their mutual fields. The peril of a clash is aggravated by a more or less predominant sense of combativeness, posed by every human being. To resist this inherent fighting tendency the best way is to dispel ignorance of the doings of others by a systematic spread of general knowledge. With this object in view, it is most important to aid exchange of thought and intercourse. ↗

— Nikola Tesla

#understanding #resistance

I think it happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. And so you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#moving-on #understanding #memory

Just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#existence

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else. ↗

— Brad Meltzer

#understanding #intimacy

God is the name we give to the science we don't understand. Science is the name we give to the God we don't understand. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#science #understanding #experience

To understand yourself: Is that a discovery or a creation? ↗

— Pascal Mercier

#honesty #illusions #perception #personality #self-awareness

You'll never know the the outcome unless you just go out there and just do it. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#better-moments #burkett #career #determination #faith