Understanding Quotes

"The human mind has first to construct forms independently before we can find them in things" "Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational" "Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another." "In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion." "Understanding is the result of an effortless silence" "To ask the right question is far more important than to receive the answer" "In our relationships with people, we hardly ever listen" "We must respect the other fellow's religion" "The burned hand teaches best." "There's a world of difference between truth and facts." "You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been." "The mind is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is not about memorizing facts, but about exploring, questioning, and discovering. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create. The true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers. A human being is not one in pursuit of happiness but rather in search of a reason to be happy." "Ignorance, once dispelled, is impossible to reestablish" "Maybe that's enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity." "Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise."