Quotes about Understanding
It has been somewhere said by Johnson, that merely to invent a story is no small effort of the human understanding.
— Maria Edgeworth
YOU love everyONE, whether YOU realize it or not. And everyONE loves YOU whether they realize it or not. Imagine what that means
— Marianne Williamson
Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman's toes to her ears, lingering in the softest way possible in various places in between, given often enough and sincerely enough, would add immeasurably to world peace.
— Marianne Williamson
May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.
— Marianne Williamson
And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.
— Marianne Williamson
Until we have seen someone's darkness, we don't really know who they are. Until we have forgiven someone's darkness, we don't really know what love is.
— Marianne Williamson
I fear I am beyond your comprehension. - Gandalf the White
— JRR Tolkien
Truths are first clouds; then rain, then harvest and food.
— Henry Ward Beecher
If we will not learn to eat the only food that the universe grows...then we must starve eternally.
— CS Lewis
Disagreements don't cause disunity, a lack of forgiveness does.
— Loren Cunningham
Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.
— Richard Paul Evans
We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of others and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us.
— Thomas Merton