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Understandable Quotes (page 155)

To discover the rules of society that are best suited to nations, there would need to exist a superior intelligence, who could understand the passions of men without feeling any of them, who had no affinity with our nature but knew it to the full, whose happiness was independent of ours, but who would nevertheless make our happiness his concern, who would be content to wait in the fullness of time for a distant glory, and to labour in one age to enjoy the fruits in another. Gods would be... Jean-Jacques Rousseau
David Sedaris quote: "The Korean man nodded, the way you do when you’re a foreigner..."
The Korean man nodded, the way you do when you’re a foreigner and understand that someone has finished a sentence. David Sedaris
Flann O'Brien quote: "Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because..."
Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand. Flann O'Brien
John von Neumann quote: "Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You..."
Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them. John von Neumann
Nothing happens carelessly. We’re not brought into the world without reason, even though we may never understand the reason. An infant that lives an hour, that dies before it can lay eyes on those who made it, even that soul did not live without purpose: this is my sudden certainty. Clive Barker
If you have never wept bitter tears because a wonderful story has come to an end and you must take your leave of the characters with whom you have shared so many adventures, whom you have loved and admired, for whom you have hoped and feared, and without whose company life seems empty and meaningless. If such things have not been part of your own experience, you probably won't understand what Bastian did next. Michael Ende
Miss Morland, no one can think more highly of the understanding of women than I do. In my opinion, nature has given them so much, that they never find it necessary to use more than half. Jane Austen
He is talking to people in Toronto, trying to find out if I am guilty; but he won't find it out that way. He doesn't understand yet that guilt comes to you not from the things you've done, but from the things that other have done for you. Margaret Atwood
[American exceptionalism] is a reaction to the inability of people to understand global complexity or important issues like American energy dependency. Therefore, they search for simplistic sources of comfort and clarity. And the people that they are now selecting to be, so to speak, the spokespersons of their anxieties are, in most cases, stunningly ignorant. Zbigniew Brzezinski
Alain de Botton quote: "Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much..."
Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand. Alain de Botton
If you want to understand yourself, Then do not examine yourself. Just love yourself more sincerely, More soulfully. And more self-givingly. Sri Chinmoy
They stood there, King of the Hill, Top of the Heap, Ruler of All They Surveyed, Unimpeachable Monarchs and Presidents, trying to understand what it meant to own a world and how big a world really was. Ray Bradbury
Albert Einstein quote: "The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. Albert Einstein
I understand why we do that now. It’s a help, not a threat. It’s something to remind you how important words are. Ideas are important. Principles are important. Words are important. Your word is the most important of all. Your word is who you are. Tom Clancy
We still (sometimes) remember that we cannot be free if our minds and voices are controlled by someone else. But we have neglected to understand that we cannot be free if our food and its sources are controlled by someone else. The condition of the passive consumer of food is not a democratic condition. One reason to eat responsibly is to live free. (pg. 323, The Pleasures of Eating) Wendell Berry

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