Understanding Quotes

"You can't find someone who doesn't want to be found." "Knowledge, then, is a system of transformations that become progressively adequate " "Knowing reality means constructing systems of transformations that correspond, more or less adequately, to reality" "Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem" "Science brings us closer to the truth than does any other human activity." "To err is human, to forgive, divine" "You can't really know somebody and love them at the same time" "You must understand that seeing is believing, but also know that believing is seeing" "Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding" "The world is larger than one’s political enemies." "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"