He spoke of human solitude, about the intrinsic loneliness of a sophisticated mind, one that is capable of reason and poetry but which grasps at straws when it comes to understanding another, a mind aware of the impossibility of absolute understanding. The difficulty of having a mind that understands that it will always be misunderstood.
Nicole KraussTags: solitude loneliness understanding
She's a woman, you're a dude. You're not supposed to understand her. That's not what she's after.... She doesn't want you to understand her. She knows that's impossible. She just wants you to understand yourself. Everything else is negotiable.
Neal StephensonTags: inspirational understanding men-and-women gender-stereotypes understanding-oneself-and-others
The Bible will always be full of things you cannot understand, as long as you will not live according to those you can understand.
Billy SundayTags: understanding bible application
I protect myself by refusing to know myself.
Floriano MartinsTags: identity self understanding denial
You stupid fool, you know very well it's not a short novel, but something longer...A piece of work you've got to buckle down to, that needs peace and concentration. Being able to wake up in the morning and lie in bed for a while.
Iván MándyTags: science understanding
I would walk along the quais when I had finished work or when I was trying to think something out. It was easier to think if I was walking and doing something or seeing people doing something that they understood.
Ernest HemingwayTags: thinking writing work understanding walking
But then every man is ludicrous if you look at him from outside, without taking into account what’s going on in his heart and mind.
Aldous HuxleyTags: humanity understanding
It is so difficult - at least, I find it difficult - to understand people who speak the truth.
E.M. ForsterTags: truth paradox understanding
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.
Elisabeth Kübler-RossTags: empathy beauty people understanding adversity
A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.
Marshall McLuhanTags: wisdom opinion understanding insight social-science probes
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