Quotes about Understanding

What can't be understood and neatly sewn up must simply be let go, not in the way of giving up, but in the way of understanding who is really in control of it.

Hardship finds its way into every life. It's just much easier to see our own than other people's.

Sometimes we must try to view the actions of those around us with forgiveness. We must realize that they are going on the only road they can see.

Guidance is first of all a relationship with the Guide.

This is what hearing God is all about, isn't it, Loren? Getting to know Him better.

He explains the true character of the God of love and reassures us that ultimate power on earth will be good, not evil. It is through God and his Son that I strive to understand the world in which we live.

A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Don't take things personally. Everything's not all about you.

The best way to have the last word is to apologize.

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

When we speak of knowing God, it must be understood with reference to man's limited powers of comprehension. God, as He really is, is far beyond man's imagination, let alone understanding. God has revealed only so much of Himself as our minds can conceive and the weakness of our nature can bear.