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If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it. — Salvador Dali

The motto is, focus on understanding, not on being understood. — Thomas D. Zweifel

We are usually undone by our lack of understanding of ourselves. — Julian Fellowes

I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally. — David Rockefeller

Armed neutrality makes it much easier to detect hypocrisy. — Criss Jami

My family has had to become quite understanding about me not returning phone calls when I'm filming. — Anna Kendrick

Just because I understand does not mean I agree. — Carlos Wallace

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be. — Norman Vincent Peale

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least. — Lou Holtz

All you can teach is understanding. The rest comes on its own. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm. — John Dryden

Many Christians have no understanding of God's fatherhood — Sunday Adelaja

No one has ever properly understood me, I have never fully understood anyone; and no one understands anyone else — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I had to open my eyes, so I could see a new life! — Jonathan Anthony Burkett

You are nature. You are already perfect, peaceful, and powerful. You don't need to become anything. You simply need to remember yourself. — Vironika Tugaleva

To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only. — Mencius

The roots of all commonwealth are planted in the understanding that we are all the same human beings — Bryant McGill

The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success. — Wendy Kopp

One should never condemn what one cannot understand. — Han Suyin

Starting out in a beginner class and really understanding the fundamentals of yoga is really important. — Mariel Hemingway

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. — Ruth Ozeki

We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world. — Carl Sagan

I was always interested in finding the elegance of each style and understanding why it influences so many people. — Volker Bertelmann

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason. — Immanuel Kant

Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity. — Anne Lamott

Only learning oneself better, and understanding one's place in the world, made the touch of another mundane. — N.K. Jemisin

You don't have to thank me. I love you. — Jessica Calla

You are meant to understand the nature of your inner self, and to manifest it outward. — Seth

Art makes better humans, art is necessary in understanding the world and art makes people happy. Undeniably, art is not optional. — Nathan Sawaya

Alchemy is a kind of philosophy: a kind of thinking that leads to a way of understanding. — Marcel Duchamp

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years. — Richard Bach

Part of creating is understanding that there is always more to do; nothing is ever completely finished. — Rachel Lambert Mellon

Time doesn't always heal all wounds. — A.J. Darkholme

There is something in nature you don't understand, odds are it makes sense in a deeper way that is beyond your understanding. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Leave people to their opinions and judgements. They cannot harm you; it is their understanding that is faulty, not yours. — Leon Brown

Understanding the fact that we are essentially water is the key to uncovering the mysteries of the universe ... — Masaru Emoto

The improvement of the mind improves the heart and corrects the understanding. — Agathon

It is nearly impossible to understand those who are beyond our sight, who are not explained to us by ties of birth or the contact of the flesh. — Rebecca West

The world is growing gentle, But few know what she owes To the understanding lily And the judgment of the rose. — Nathalia Crane

Married life, if lived with the proper love and understanding, helps awaken the feminine within a man, and the masculine within a woman. — Mata Amritanandamayi

The birth of Jesus made possible not just a new way of understanding life but a new way of living it. — Frederick Buechner

The world as it was, is, or will be, is beyond common sense, beyond natural understanding: it must be taught. — Masood Ashraf Raja

narrative is the principal way in which our species organizes its understanding of time. — H. Porter Abbott

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding. — Steve Prefontaine

Theology is not only about understanding the world; it is about mending the world. — Miroslav Volf

I think for any relationship to be successful, there needs to be loving communication, appreciation, and understanding. — Miranda Kerr

We all have struggle in our lives. We're all searching for personal freedom, whether we're in a bad place or trying to be true to ourselves. — Barbara Becker Holstein

I'm starting to realize that people lack good mirrors. It's so hard for anyone to show us how we look, & so hard for us to show anyone how we feel. — John Green

My understanding of the past has been savagely undermined. — Penelope Lively

You become a real teacher when your understanding of the wants and needs of the student results in the student revealing her inner beauty. — Debasish Mridha

The journey is the mystery ... the destination the answer. If you don't have a happy ending yet, you have not finished reading the right book. — Shannon L. Alder

The only personal branding consultant who can ever hope to have a clear understanding of you and your value can be found in the mirror. — Ryan Lilly

We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void. — Michel De Montaigne

To play any character, you have to have a total understanding of why they do what they do. — Jamie Dornan

The typical approach to understanding human behavior has always been to look for the average behavior or outcome. — Shawn Achor

Understanding our unity as the body of Christ invariably leads to understanding the fact that we need each other in love — Sunday Adelaja

In order to grasp the principles of spiritual growth, you need to be filled with understanding and the wisdom of God. — Sunday Adelaja

The true depth of understanding and maturity as a practitioner is how we apply what we've learned to our lives. — David F. Swensen

I was trying to find out what it was that everybody else understood without giving up my stubborn and hard-won lack of understanding. — David Antin

Understanding the beauty of our humanity unlocks the power of our spirituality. — Steve Maraboli

An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment. — David Attenborough

The problem sincere Christians have with God often comes down to a wrong understanding of what this life is meant to provide. — Larry Crabb

Knowledge is not power, it is only potential. Applying that knowledge is power. Understanding why and when to apply that knowledge is wisdom! — Takeda Shingen

Whether you're a believer or not, I think there's a huge value in understanding the quality of redemption. — Joseph Fiennes

The scientist's inquiry into the causes of things is providing an ever more extensive understanding of nature. — Kenneth G. Wilson

Knowledge is the seed,
intelligence is the stem,
understanding is the branch,
and wisdom is the fruit. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The place at which the contrast between forms of intelligibility is most vividly presented is in the understanding of ourselves. — Thomas Nagel

To most Christians, the Bible is like a software license. Nobody actually reads it. They just scroll to the bottom and click 'I agree'. — Bill Maher

It is in the combination of words and visuals that the magic of understanding often happens. — Alberto Cairo

When it comes to understanding others, we rarely tax our imaginations. — Lawrence Hill

True understanding is the spur of genius — Ursula K. Le Guin

I learned quickly that if the student's perception is that you're not listening to them, and not understanding them, they discredit you. — Tim Gunn

Any thing or behavior too complex to understand becomes a phenomenon that could be termed spiritual or magical. — Bryant McGill

There are an awful lot of things going on that need understanding and explanation, but - to put it mildly - the world is a mess. — Madeleine Albright

the world-view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They — George Orwell

Getting rid of the wrong understanding and attaining the right understanding is indeed bliss. — Dada Bhagwan

We are losing the ability to understand anything that's even vaguely complex. — Chuck Klosterman

Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind. — Ajahn Chah

I try to keep a balance between conceptional or intellectual comprehension and emotional understanding. — Alva Noto

Understanding is the weapon of the Wise. Explore it fearlessly. Use it openly with caution. — Luis Marques

The recognition of rights for women and minorities became a large part of my understanding of what this country is all about. — Faye Wattleton

Learn to love someone when they least deserve it, because that is when they need your love most. — Rodolfo Costa

Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves. — Samuel Richardson

Just cuz you get to the end doesn't mean you know what happened. — Karen Tei Yamashita

The intelligence is proved not by ease of learning, but by understanding what we learn. — Joe Whitney

As for international understanding, I feel that macaroni has done more for our appreciation of Italy than Mussolini. — Lin Yutang

To one's own fault, twas life's giving.
To one's understanding, twas his choosing. — Isabel Aanya Leigh

Home is where
'I know you',
'I accept you',
'I forgive you',
and 'I love you'
are most likely to be heard. — Richelle E. Goodrich

The path of awakening begins with a step the Buddha called right understanding. — Jack Kornfield

The overly-verbal artist is led by his understanding of things
rather than by direct observation of things as they are. — Robert Genn

Their false compassion is called compassion and their false understanding is called understanding, for this is their most potent spell. — Aleister Crowley

For a woman's words to wound would require a man to listen first! — Meredith Duran

Understanding a metaphor is like deciphering a code or unraveling a riddle. — Max Black

It is the University's function to turn out well-balanced persons with an understanding of themselves and of their place in life. — Vincent Massey

Of the Surface of Things In my room, the world is beyond my understanding; But when I walk I see that it consists of three or four Hills and a cloud. — Wallace Stevens

Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society's understanding. — Liam Neeson

insulation prevents you from making the change and finding the understanding you set out to achieve in the first place. — Seth Godin

I think kids in general are much more capable of understanding the idea of being transgender than adults. — Jill Soloway

There is no understanding between me and this world
they don't understand me and i don't care them. — Adnan Khan

Understanding where to be in your own zone really takes some time and development to learn. — Patrick Kane