Quotes about Understanding

Why bother with other people?

I never close a door on any other religion. Most of the time, some part of it makes sense to me. I don't believe everyone has to chant just because I chant. I believe all religion is about touching something inside of yourself.

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

You might see nothing in him. I see everything in him.

The unread is always better than the unreadable.

Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.

Yes Harry I believe that is true. I cannot help telling you things. You have a curious influence over me. If I ever did a crime I would come and confess it to you. You would understand me.

It is possible, of course, that I may exaggerate about them. I certainly hope that I do; for where there is no exaggeration there is no love, and where there is no love there is no understanding. It is only about things that do not interest one, that one can give a really unbiassed opinion; and this is no doubt the reason why an unbiassed opinion is always valueless.

I have known everything, said Lord Henry, with a tired look in his eyes, but I am always ready for a new emotion.

The supreme vice is shallowness. Whatever is realised is right.

Men have educated us. But not explained you. Describe us as a sex, was her challenge. Sphinxes without secrets.

And the mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-a-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value.