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Quotes about Understanding

    “When you see someone doing something that doesn’t make sense to you, ask yourself what the world would have to look like to you for those actions to make sense.”

    Shane Parrish

      “The closer people are to the truth, the more tolerant they are of the mistakes of others.”

      Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar of Wisdom (Page 258)

        “To [Bruce] Lee’s way of thinking, any answer he could provide is worth nothing to any other individual, unless that individual has come to see its validity as a result of his own independent thought on the matter.”

        John Little, via Striking Thoughts (Page xxiv)

          “Remember that your understanding of your inner self holds the meaning of your life, and it makes you free if you do not force it to serve your flesh. The human soul which is enlightened by understanding and freed from passions, and lit with the divine light, stands on a firm foundation.”

          Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar of Wisdom (Page 153)

            “As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you’d always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It’s growth. It’s more than the negative that you’re going to die, it’s also the positive that you understand you’re going to die, and that you live a better life because of it.”

            Morrie Schwartz, via Tuesdays With Morrie (Page 118)

              “If you think it is ever warranted to stop on the path of further understanding, you are very far from the truth. The life which we received was given to us not that we might just admire it, but that we should ever look for new truth hidden from us.”

              John Milton, via A Calendar of Wisdom (Page 63)

                “If you want to study yourself—look into the hearts of other people. If you want to study other people—look into your own heart.”

                Friedrich Von Schiller, A Calendar of Wisdom (Page 41)

                  “You can’t force clarity when there is none to be had yet.”

                  Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms (Page 315)

                    “The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer, the ones that you ‘come to terms with’ only to discover that they are still there. The real questions refuse to be placated. They barge into your life at the times when it seems most important for them to stay away. They are the questions asked most frequently and answered most inadequately, the ones that reveal their true natures slowly, reluctantly, most often against your will.”

                    Ingrid Bengis, via Sunbeams (Page 112)