Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.
Marge Piercy

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

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
Upton Sinclair

The great artist is the man who most obviously succeeds in turning his pains to advantage, in letting suffering deepens his understanding and sensibility, in growing through his pains.
Walter Kaufmann

We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.
Georg C. Lichtenberg

Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.
Clifford Stoll

Join me in my quest for a greater understanding of our existence. Join me in my desire for a greater self. Join me as I seek the humility to love and understand my fellow man.
Bryant H. McGill

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding.
Louis Gerstner

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.
Bryant H. McGill

Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.
Bryant H. McGill

Presently, the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought about to encourage and sponsor a variety of historical activities that advance our understanding of the American Jewish experience as it marks this milestone anniversary.
Jon Porter

Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose.
Lynn Davies

I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity.
Bryant H. McGill

I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.
Rick Wakeman

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question.
Samuel Richardson

Whether or not LSD research and therapy will return to society, the discoveries that psychedelics made possible have revolutionary implications for our understanding of the psyche, human nature, and the nature of reality.
Stanislav Grof

When I last went to Italy, over two years ago, I had a lot more trouble understanding the language than I used to when I lived there for a year. I used to speak very little but I could understand very well.
Marcel Carne

Understanding POV is essential, or ought to be.
Arthur Herzog

Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understanding that man has of himself in relation to the foundation and the limit of his existence.
Paul Ricoeur

For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be central, for an understanding of death is the key to liberation in life.
Stanislav Grof