If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power carries me off in spite of myself; love leads me one way, my understanding another.
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People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question.
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The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.
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If thou wouldst preserve understanding and health to old age, avoid the allurements of Voluptuousness, and fly from her temptations.. For if thou hearkenest unto the words of the Adversary, thou art deceived and betrayed. The joy which she promiseth changeth to madness, and her enjoyments lead on to diseases and death.
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And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. (Luke 2: 47)
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The peace of God, which passeth all understanding. (Philippians, 4: 7)
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Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil; for who can govern this your great people? (Hebrew, 1 Kings 3: 9)
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Understanding is the wages of faith.
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I know what love is. It?s understanding. It?s you and me and let the rest of the world go by. Just the two of us living our lives together happily and proudly. No self-torture and no doubt. It?s enduring and it?s everlasting. Nothing can change it. Nothing can change us, Ollie. That?s what I think love is.
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Know thou the self (spirit) as riding in a chariot, The body as the chariot. Know thou the intellect as the chariot-driver, And the mind as the reins. The senses, they say, are the horses; The objects of sense, what they range over. The self combined with senses and mind Wise men call "the enjoyer."
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When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it
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I doubt that we Americans can come to terms with our money neuroses without understanding the more florid pathology of the very rich for it is our envy and admiration of the rich that supports their habit and keeps us hooked ourselves
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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude
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The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
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The artist does not tinker with the universe, he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life.
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Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is the product of a journalist. We need works that are strong, straight, precise, and forever beyond understanding.
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People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love.
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A thorough reading and understanding of the Bible is the surest path to atheism
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Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding
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And if I remain in the dark about our purpose here, and meaning of eternity, I have nonetheless arrived at an understanding of a few more modest truths: Most of us fear death. Most of us yearn to comprehend how we go here, and why which is to say, most of us ache to know the love of our creator. And we will no doubt feel that ache, most of us, for as long as we happen to be alive.
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Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.
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For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.
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Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and don't lean on your own understanding. In all things acknowledge him, and he shall direct your way. [Proverbs 3: 5, 6]
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Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational process and a factor for promoting peace, friendship, cooperation and understanding among peoples.
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Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz-something they are using to get around in but nothing they genuinely care about understanding
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