The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is. -Baruch Spinoza
Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. -Marian Anderson
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, & the world around us. -Socrates
Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third. -Marge Piercy
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them. -Baruch Spinoza
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. -Marie Curie
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works. -Carl Sagan
The fact that you are willing to say, ‘I do not understand, and it is fine,’ is the greatest understanding you could exhibit. -Wayne Dyer
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. -Dale Carnegie
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. -Mohandas K. Gandhi
We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are. -Talmud
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant? -Henry David Thoreau
Were we fully to understand the reasons for other people’s behavior, it would all make sense. -Sigmund Freud
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. -Leonardo Da Vinci
