Insightful Knowledge Quotes to Expand Your Mind - page 124

If we had a better understanding of the ways we think about enemies, we might be able to think of more rational ways of settling conflict.
If we had a better understanding of the ways we think about enemies, we might be able to think of more rational ways of settling conflict.
 Sam Keen
I had older brothers and sisters who were high achievers, and I felt different, misunderstood by my family. That's not my family's fault; it was my perception.
 Willie Aames
Nobody's ever made me feel boring but I'm pretty boring. I acknowledge that in myself.
 Mandy Moore
What makes a good animated movie is being able to balance adult and knowing in-jokes and also just out and out funny things that make all people laugh. The idea that it's actually something that will appeal to a family, that's the trick.
 Benedict Cumberbatch
Enlightenment is the liberation of man from his self-caused state of minority... Supere aude! Dare to use your own understanding!is thus the motto of the Enlightenment.
 Immanuel Kant
The NFL acknowledges that repetitive trauma to the head in football... can cause a permanent, disabiling injury to the brain.
 Bob Fitzsimmons
Cruelty depends on an understanding of cruelty, and the ability to choose against it. Or to choose to ignore it.
Take advantage of this human boat; Free yourself from sorrow's mighty stream! This vessel will be later hard to find. The time that you have now, you fool, is not for sleep!
 Shantideva
If you're happy all of the time, it's difficult to acknowledge when you actually are happy.
A warrior considers himself already dead, so there is nothing to lose. The worst has already happened to him, therefore he\'s clear and calm; judging him by his acts or by his words, one would never suspect that he has witnessed everything.
A warrior considers himself already dead, so there is nothing to lose. The worst has already happened to him, therefore he's clear and calm; judging him by his acts or by his words, one would never suspect that he has witnessed everything.
Mere mental, that is, intellectual labour, is for the soul and has its own satisfaction.
You are the harmony within which all things move. They are just illusion.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
People don't acknowledge loneliness in themselves, and don't appreciate its benefits, the reflection and attentiveness that come with it, the deepened acquaintance with oneself.
 Marilynne Robinson
The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it; you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it.
 Hugh Jackman
Science provides an understanding of a universal experience, and arts provides a universal understanding of a personal experience.
 Mae Jemison
The way you learn is by sitting with the Master, as he moves into those states of attention, you feel that and follow him. He generates tremendous energy when he's doing anything. You are taught inwardly.
Is there cowardice with the acknowledgement of fear?
Remember: in order for a perception to change one must be frustrated in one\'s actions or change one\'s purpose.
Remember: in order for a perception to change one must be frustrated in one's actions or change one's purpose.
 Neil Postman
I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.