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Understandable Quotes (page 97)

Most people catch their presuppositions from their family and surrounding society, the way that a child catches the measles. But people with understanding realize that their presuppositions should be *chosen* after a careful consideration of which worldview is true. Francis Schaeffer
But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize, their heart's desire, their dream... But the price of getting what you want, is getting what you once wanted. Neil Gaiman
She enjoyed her own pain by this egoism of suffering, if I may so express it. This aggravation of suffering and this rebelling in it I could understand; it is the enjoyment of man, of the insulted and injured, oppressed by destiny, and smarting under the sense of its injustice. Fyodor Dostoevsky
As vocabulary is reduced , so are the number of feelings you can express, the number of events you can describe, the number of the things you can identify! Not only understanding is limited, but also experience. Man grows by language. Whenever he limits language he retrogresses! Sheri S. Tepper
Well, you're free without wanting to be,' he explained, 'it just happens so, that's all. But Mathieu's freedom is based on reason.''I still don't understand,' said Lola, shaking her head.'Well, he doesn't care a curse about his apartment: he lives there just as he would live anywhere else, and I've got the feeling that he doesn't care much about his girl. He stays with her because he must sleep with someone. His freedom isn't visible, it's inside him. Jean-Paul Sartre
We'll be there, Harry," said Ron"What?"At your Aunt and Uncle's house," said Ron, "And then we'll go with you wherever you're going."No-" said Harry quickly; he hadn't counted on this, he had meant them to understand that he was undertaking the most dangerous journey alone. "You said it once before," said Hermione quickly, "that there was time to turn back if we wanted to. We've had time, haven't we? We're with you whatever happens. J. K. Rowling
In this nonfundamentalist understanding of faith, practice is more important than theory, love more important than law, and mystery is seen as an insight into truth rather than an obstacle. It is the great lie of our time that all religious faith has to be fundamentalist to be valid. Andrew Sullivan
I don't think you fully understand the public, my friend; in this country, when something is out of order, then the quickest way to get it fixed is the best way. Ken Kesey
Andre Gide quote: "Please do not understand me too quickly."
Please do not understand me too quickly. Andre Gide
In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence on the great forces we do not understand. Ursula K. Le Guin
Mark Twain quote: "I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is..."
I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty. Mark Twain
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "We degrade Providence too much by attributing our ideas to it..."
We degrade Providence too much by attributing our ideas to it out of annoyance at being unable to understand it. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Daphne du Maurier quote: "You understand now... how simple life becomes when things like..."
You understand now... how simple life becomes when things like mirrors are forgotten. Daphne du Maurier
Haruki Murakami quote: "I've got tons of things I don't understand about myself. We're..."
I've got tons of things I don't understand about myself. We're both normal "ordinary Haruki Murakami
Love is a Christian word, Anjin-san. Love is a Christian thought, a Christian ideal. We have no word for 'love' as I understand you to mean it. Duty, loyalty, honor, respect, desire, those words and thoughts are what we have, all that we need. James Clavell

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