Understanding Quotes

"Have the courage to use your own understanding" "Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand." "If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves" "To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal." "To understand is to discover, or reconstruct by rediscovery, and such conditions must be complied with if in the future individuals are to be formed who are capable of production and creativity and not simply repetition" "The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable." "It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding." "If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive" "There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires." "Time will reveal everything it is a babbler and speaks even when not asked" "In case of dissension never dare to judge till you've heard the other side" "Some people will never learn anything for this reason because they understand everything too soon" "The world will know and understand me someday. But if that day does not arrive, it does not greatly matter. I shall have opened the way for other souls" "Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak" "In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they do"