Understanding Quotes

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Expect nothing and accept everything. That is the only key to happiness.

Time doesn't always heal all wounds.

Even I don’t know myself... In fact, I don’t know if I really have a self at all, as I’m constantly playing different roles and pretending – not so much on stage as in real life...

Often times, the greatest peace comes of surrender.

When one person attempts to “fix it” for the other person, the connection of acceptance is snapped and the sender and receiver miss an opportunity for understanding.

Dictionaries stop where the heart starts.

Sometimes the best way to learn a lesson isn't just hearing the words, but putting it into practice by experimenting with it and finding its truth for yourself instead of taking someone else’s word for it.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them.

Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

One's rebuke engraves itself upon the mind more than one's praise.

Good and bad, right and wrong, truth and deception, it all depends on your state of mind.

By the time we began to understand enough about what the world to ask the right questions, our visit is over, and someone else is visiting, asking the same questions.

It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten.

She had always observed that she got on better with clever women than silly ones like herself; the silly ones could never understand her wisdom; whereas the clever ones - the really clever ones - always understood her silliness.

Follow the path that leads to understanding. Only then, will you illuminate the way for others. Once you open your mind and gain knowledge, truth, you'll leave the darkness and enter into the light of wisdom.

Free your mind of that which you have no control. It is not only good to do so for your mental, but your overall health. Some people must learn from experience. You can convey knowledge to them and offer to show them the way. But, that doesn't mean your wisdom will be accepted or appreciated.