50 Understanding quotes that'll help you perceive its power. Here are some of the best understanding quotes to read from famous people that will surely inspire you. Through understanding each other, we can make the world a better place by avoiding any conflicts. It can also turn any negative situation into a positive one and acquire real peace. May these quotes about understanding others help you realize its power that will lead you to a much better and happier life. Share these life understanding quotes and sayings with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.
1. Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. - Rollo May
2. Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn't suck. - Joss Whedon
3. What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears. - Alice Walker
4. If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him. - Criss Jami
5. When you were in love, you were capable of learning everything and of knowing things you had never dared even to think, because love was the key to understanding all of the mysteries. - Paulo Coelho
6. In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it. - Mitch Albom
7. Sometimes all a person wants is an empathetic ear; all he or she needs is to talk it out. Just offering a listening ear and an understanding heart for his or her suffering can be a big comfort. - Roy T. Bennett
8. Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love. - John Steinbeck
9. Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so. - Lemony Snicket
10. Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had. - F. Scott Fitzgerald
11. Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. - Carl Gustav Jung
12. Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek. - Dalai Lama
13. Men build too many walls and not enough bridges. - Joseph Fort Newton
14. Just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist. - Madeleine L'Engle
15. A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. - Bertrand Russell
16. All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason. - Immanuel Kant
17. There's nothing more intimate in life than being understood and understanding someone else. - Brad Meltzer
18. If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate. - Elbert Hubbard
19. It's not at all hard to understand a person; it's only hard to listen without bias. - Criss Jami
20. The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them. - Ralph G. Nichols
21. The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things. - Paulo Coelho
22. Love allows understanding to dawn, and understanding is precious. Where you are understood, you are at home. Understanding nourishes belonging. When you really feel understood, you feel free to release yourself into the trust and shelter of the other person's soul. - John O'Donohue
23. To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to. - Kahlil Gibran
24. The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. - Leonardo da Vinci
25. Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly. - Richard Bach
26. The development of language is part of the development of the personality, for words are the natural means of expressing thoughts and establishing understanding between people. - Maria Montessori
27. Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it. - Charles Kettering
28. To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. - Tony Robbins
29. Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both. - C. Wright Mills
30. Change begins with understanding and understanding begins by identifying oneself with another person: in a word, empathy. The arts enable us to put ourselves in the minds, eyes, ears and hearts of other human beings. - Richard Eyre
31. Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. - Marie Curie
32. Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth. - J. Michael Straczynski
33. The more knowledge you've got, the more understanding you have, the better you are able to implement and pass it on to others. - Tony Orlando
34. Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly. - Richard Bach
35. It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences. - Harry S Truman
36. The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding. - Winifred Holtby
37. Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence. - Robert Andrews Millikan
38. No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding. - Plato
39. Your understanding of what you read and hear is, to a very large degree, determined by your vocabulary, so improve your vocabulary daily. - Zig Ziglar
40. An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things. - Bryant H. McGill
41. Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third. - Marge Piercy
42. Everybody experiences far more than he understands. Yet it is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior. - Marshall McLuhan
43. A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one's own path, not chasing after the dreams of others. - Chin-Ning Chu
44. The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge. - Rene Descartes
45. Communication will bring understanding and understanding will cause harmonious mutual relationships which can establish peace and stability. - Lobsang Tenzin
46. When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen. - Stephen Covey
47. Understanding others can pay big dividends if you pay attention. - Jay Levinson
48. Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
49. If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things. - Vincent Van Gogh
50. It is sometimes hard to grasp the difference between identifying with one's own roots, understanding people with other roots, and judging what is good or bad. - Umberto Eco
1. Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. - Rollo May
2. Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn't suck. - Joss Whedon
3. What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears. - Alice Walker
4. If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him. - Criss Jami
5. When you were in love, you were capable of learning everything and of knowing things you had never dared even to think, because love was the key to understanding all of the mysteries. - Paulo Coelho
6. In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it. - Mitch Albom
7. Sometimes all a person wants is an empathetic ear; all he or she needs is to talk it out. Just offering a listening ear and an understanding heart for his or her suffering can be a big comfort. - Roy T. Bennett
8. Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love. - John Steinbeck
9. Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so. - Lemony Snicket
10. Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had. - F. Scott Fitzgerald
11. Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. - Carl Gustav Jung
12. Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek. - Dalai Lama
13. Men build too many walls and not enough bridges. - Joseph Fort Newton
14. Just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist. - Madeleine L'Engle
15. A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. - Bertrand Russell
16. All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason. - Immanuel Kant
17. There's nothing more intimate in life than being understood and understanding someone else. - Brad Meltzer
18. If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate. - Elbert Hubbard
19. It's not at all hard to understand a person; it's only hard to listen without bias. - Criss Jami
20. The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them. - Ralph G. Nichols
21. The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things. - Paulo Coelho
22. Love allows understanding to dawn, and understanding is precious. Where you are understood, you are at home. Understanding nourishes belonging. When you really feel understood, you feel free to release yourself into the trust and shelter of the other person's soul. - John O'Donohue
23. To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to. - Kahlil Gibran
24. The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. - Leonardo da Vinci
25. Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly. - Richard Bach
26. The development of language is part of the development of the personality, for words are the natural means of expressing thoughts and establishing understanding between people. - Maria Montessori
27. Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it. - Charles Kettering
28. To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. - Tony Robbins
29. Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both. - C. Wright Mills
30. Change begins with understanding and understanding begins by identifying oneself with another person: in a word, empathy. The arts enable us to put ourselves in the minds, eyes, ears and hearts of other human beings. - Richard Eyre
31. Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. - Marie Curie
32. Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth. - J. Michael Straczynski
33. The more knowledge you've got, the more understanding you have, the better you are able to implement and pass it on to others. - Tony Orlando
34. Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly. - Richard Bach
35. It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences. - Harry S Truman
36. The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding. - Winifred Holtby
37. Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence. - Robert Andrews Millikan
38. No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding. - Plato
39. Your understanding of what you read and hear is, to a very large degree, determined by your vocabulary, so improve your vocabulary daily. - Zig Ziglar
40. An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things. - Bryant H. McGill
41. Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third. - Marge Piercy
42. Everybody experiences far more than he understands. Yet it is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior. - Marshall McLuhan
43. A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one's own path, not chasing after the dreams of others. - Chin-Ning Chu
44. The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge. - Rene Descartes
45. Communication will bring understanding and understanding will cause harmonious mutual relationships which can establish peace and stability. - Lobsang Tenzin
46. When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen. - Stephen Covey
47. Understanding others can pay big dividends if you pay attention. - Jay Levinson
48. Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
49. If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things. - Vincent Van Gogh
50. It is sometimes hard to grasp the difference between identifying with one's own roots, understanding people with other roots, and judging what is good or bad. - Umberto Eco
50 Understanding quotes that'll help you perceive its power
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