Understanding

Quotes on understanding.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
- Helen Keller

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
- Helen Keller

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.
- Albert Einstein

Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
- Mahatma Gandhi

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
- Ann Landers

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
- Mahatma Gandhi