Quotes about Understanding
Francis Bacon," said Peter, a trifle belatedly. "Mr. Kirk, you're a man after my own heart.
— Dorothy Sayers
It is at this point we begin to understand what St. Hilary means in saying of the Trinity: "Eternity is in the Father, form in the Image and use in the Gift.
— Dorothy Sayers
Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.
— Aesop
Acquaintance softens prejudice.
— Aesop
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
— Aesop
Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.
— Aesop
The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.
— AW Tozer
Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.
— Alain de Botton
Love is a skill, not just an enthusiasm.
— Alain de Botton
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
— Alain de Botton
Faith is the first step to understanding. Either it's the Word of an infallible God, the fallible words of men, or faith in what you personally believe. You've got to have faith in something. Believe me.
— Ray Comfort
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
— Desmond Tutu