To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common. Votes: 1
When a film is created, it is created in a language, which is not only about words, but also the way that very language encodes our perception of the world, our understanding of it. Votes: 1
It is a masterpiece of the devil to make us believe that children cannot understand religion. Would Christ have made a child the standard of faith if He had known that it was not capable of understanding His words? Votes: 1
I have a problem when people say something's real or not real, or normal or abnormal. The meaning of those words for me is very personal and subjective. I've always been confused and never had a clearcut understanding of the meaning of those kinds of words. Votes: 1
Such as have reason, understanding, or common sense, will, and ought to make use of it in those things that concern themselves and their posterity, and suspect the words of such as are interested in deceiving or persuading them not to see with their own eyes. Votes: 1
Listening is not understanding the words of the question asked, listening is understanding why the question was asked in the first place. Votes: 0
Wisdom and understanding are synonymous words; they consist of two propositions, which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same thing variously expressed. Votes: 0
People who do not understand themselves have a craving for understanding a thing which is rather surmised and never spoken than known and clothed in words. Votes: 0
Stete Not, langsamer Tod. Votes: 3 Jüdische Weisheit
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. Votes: 7 Og Mandino
Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. Votes: 4 Carol Burnett