Understanding Life Quotes

When you go into the planes of light, all of the incorrect ways of seeing and understanding life that you pick up are washed away. ~ Frederick Lenz

The purified, integrated mind, so perfected in its own understanding, lives in close communion with the soul radiance so that light becomes the constant companion of the mind. ~ Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

You won't understand life and death until you're ready to set aside any hope of understanding life and death and just live your life until you die. ~ Brad Warner

I hope I'll be remembered for my scientific contribution to understanding life and human life. ~ Craig Venter

Faith is not the belief that everything will be all right tomorrow, but the belief that I possess the strength to make everything all right today. ~ Charles F. Glassman

The more thoroughly a person understands life, the less he will mock, though in the end he might still mock the "thoroughness of his understanding. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding. ~ Willie Dixon

The people who truly understand life are not the ones who study it. They're the ones who enjoy it. ~ Marty Rubin

I am a 'professional word seller'..I sell 'WORDS' for a 'living'...
'LIVING' with 'empowering' words is a 'Choice' we make..
'CHOICE' comes via the meaning we give to words we use..
'MEANING' comes from understanding 'life'... ~ Abha Maryada Banerjee

Working on 'Big Give' was an opportunity that I felt compelled to do. It was my chance to share in showing people how they can give big in their own life, to send the message that giving goes way beyond the gift of money. We want to share that the best thing you can give is your time and understanding. ~ Nate Berkus

To understand the universe around us, we must understand the universe within us. ~ Armin Houman

It is only when people don't know history well that they judge the present so blindly in ignorance! ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I was a long time learning that wisdom and experience are things apart; that to taste life is not to be confused with understanding what life is really all about. ~ Wallis Simpson

If you know the results, why will you try to solve the problem? If you know the meaning of life, why will you try to understand it? Sometimes it is better not to know the answer. ~ Debasish Mridha

Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal koans, and tormenting ambivalence is just the sense of satori rising. Try, trust, try, and trust again, and eventually you'll feel your mind change its focus to a new level of understanding. ~ Martha Beck

A sense of humor is essentially a sense of perspective. It is an understanding that comes from a true sense of proportion. Humor is not a matter of laughing at things, but of understanding them. At its highest it is a part of understanding life. It is an ability to see ourselves as we are, and to smile at the comic figure that the biggest of us cuts in strutting across life's stage. ~ Nivard Kinsella

If you have feelings about reading, you feel the rhythm of prose or of a poem like music. It awakens something in your soul and then of course you study, read, you grow up and you begin to understand the message and that is the first step towards understanding life. ~ Maria Kodama

If anyone does not understand you, just go for consensus. If not, do not move further, the solution is, just abandon it. ~ Binod Syangtan

And I know few would believe me but belief is what drives a man,
If all of us long for the Golden Age, then we all can,
Bring the days filled with peace, prosperity, generosity, love and fearless nigh',
We all must believe something to survive, I believe in the serene age lost in seasons gone by. ~ Adhish Mazumder

We become happier by advancing our understanding of life and by finding its endless beauty. ~ Debasish Mridha

Understanding life is like trying to put together a puzzle with pieces that don't fit. ~ Dave Guerrero

so many people who think they know only know what they don't know, as time passes by, they may get to know what they don't know and then they will know ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Things have changed, of course. There are counsellors at the ready. Kindness and understanding. Life is harder for some, we're told. Not their fault, even if the blows are purely imaginary. Felt just as keenly by the recipient, or the non recipient, as the case may be.
But good use can be made of everything, if you are willing. ~ Alice Munro

the greatest clue to changing people is to know and understand what trigger change in people and effectively apply such things in wisdom. ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I had always looked down on sociology as this arriviste discipline. It didn't have the noble history of English and history as a subject. But once I had a little exposure to it, I said, 'Hey, here's the key. Here's the key to understanding life and all its forms.' ~ Tom Wolfe

Do not be defeated by the
Feeling that there is too much for you to know. That
is a myth of the oppressor. You are
Capable of understanding life. And it is yours alone.
And only this time. ~ Kenneth Koch

When you challenge the social conditioning as well as your own understanding of life, you experience liberation. Adopting path of liberation leads to the success. Success blossoms your spirituality as it strengthens the connection with divinity. ~ Vishwas Chavan

To understand the life better, find a corner and wait there! You will then see that all sorts of things and events will suddenly appear at the corner, as it happens in life! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

The books brought brilliance to my life, and they brought an understanding: Life is a story. Everything that has happened and will happen to me is all part of the story of this enchanted place - all the dreams and visions and understandings that come to me in my dungeon cell. The books helped me see the truth is not in the touch of the stone but in what the stone tells you. ~ Rene Denfeld

If you have the understanding to first notice the signs, continue with the courage to follow them. ~ Nikki Rowe

I feel now at 53 I have grown into a deeper understanding of what a human life is. ~ John Lennon

I'm a photographer, obviously. My chosen tool for understanding life, and communicating the results of this search to others, is the camera. ~ David Hurn

There was no conflict between science and religion ever. The conflicts were actually between two different systems of human understanding – one was science, which was based on rigorous observations and examinations, and the other was fundamentalism, that's based on undisputed belief on the scriptures. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Mind your mind, mind your time and mind your life! Life is just once and the real certainty or uncertainty that can make you lose it is always uncertain; until you understand this well, you shall never neither understand how well to live your life each moment of time and leave indelible footprints, big or small, that shall please God nor shall you ever know how well to live and leave noble and indelible footprints worth not just talking about, but emulating. Mind your mind, mind your time and mind your life! ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Fight for what you want out of this one life. ~ Jonathan Anthony Burkett

Life would be so good when people choose to talk to each other instead of talking about each other in the wrong ways before finding out the facts, life would be so better when someone chooses to not give the hate speeches with no deep understanding, life would be great without internet trolls. One must always remember that destructive criticism is dangerous and instead, we must know that we always get to choose our reactions no matter what the situation is thus, always maintain your calm and avoid saying the hurtful words to another person when you have nothing to do with their life. ~ Jyoti Patel

So many people have understanding, but in reality, they don't really understand understanding! When you really understand understanding, you get a real understanding! ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

There are different kinds of birds and there are different situations and places to find these birds. Some of these birds choose to eat carcass and some prefer fresh meat. Some eat from backyards and some will take their food far from sight. There are those who soar higher and least live on short and common trees and there are those who wouldn't mind sleeping on any tree. There are those who exhibit their dexterity on the ground to the joy and admiration of all people, and there are those who make people raise their heads and strain their eyes before they see them. There are those whose appearance comes with awe, and there those who would pass without people taking a second look at them in admiration. There are those whose voices are a wake-up call and there are those whose sounds give reasons to ponder! There are those who sing sweet melodies and there are those whose sounds threaten. There are those who are for special meals and occasions, and there are those who are fit for the base of any pot at all. There are those who though are humble and friendly, yet when you go beyond your boundary, they will show how they are hungry! There are those who dive amazingly and there are those who just swim and move around in water! Life is just like that; different people, different values and different functions! ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

There were a lot of little triggers that made me realize that life is now; life is happening while we're preoccupied with stupidities. Of course, growing. Of course, becoming a mother and understanding life from another perspective. ~ Thalia

Life is short for those who are truly able to understand that one day the entire world will come to a complete end. Not everyone is capable of that. Not everyone has the ability to comprehend what going away for all eternity really implies. There are too many distractions, hour by hour, minute by minute, to hinder such an understanding. ~ Jostein Gaarder

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious. ~ Phillips Brooks

It takes true courage and real humility to say NO or YES! ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Life is good! It is only our thoughts, choices and actions towards the situations we meet in life each moment of time that makes life look bad! The same bad situation in life that makes one person think badly inspires another to do a noble thing! The same good situation in life that makes one person feel so good to get into a bad situation inspires another person to create another good situation because of the good situation. It is all about thoughts, choices and actions! Life is good! Live it well! ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

You know what? Yesterday will never come back. Close your eyes and see something! You shall neither see yesterday nor tomorrow. Open your eyes and you shall see today! Open your eyes to realities then! Today is all you have to make the change! Today is the day you have to prepare for a better tomorrow. Arise and see! Today is the day you have to make the best use of the lessons of yesterday! Open your eyes and see today! Today is all you have to make a change. Awake and see why you have today! Arise and realize why you woke up today! Make today your day! ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Those who make uncritical observations or fraudulent claims lead us into error and deflect us from the major human goal of understanding how the world works. It is for this reason that playing fast and loose with the truth is a very serious matter. ~ Carl Sagan

Though life has to be lived forward, it can only be understood backwards ~ Adeline Yen Mah

Watch this, Larry. The seeds I saved from last year bring forth plants this year. It's a death, burial, and resurrection. It's this way with the sun also. It comes up in the morning and brings us light all the day long. But in the evening it goes down. Is that the end of the sun? No... It comes up the very next day. Death, burial, and resurrection."
"I never saw it like that, Charlie. Tell me more."
"See Larry, let's go deeper with that. Just for instance, something must die for something to live. You and I eat live substance--whether it is corn or beans, it's a life. That life dies to give us life. Now watch this, Larry. If that works with the physical; then it also works in the spiritual. Jesus Christ had to die to give us life... ~ Jerrel C. Thomas

to know your past is to know your future. Where lies the strength of the stem and the fruits of the branches when the roots are rotten? ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

They hear it come out, but they don't know how it got there. They don't understand that's life's way of talking. You don't sing to feel better. You sing 'cause that's a way of understanding life. ~ Ma Rainey

I've come to the conclusion that liking a person we are required to have dealings with is not of paramount importance. But respect is crucial, on both sides, as is tolerance, and a depth of understanding of those influences that sculpt a character. ~ Jacqueline Winspear

Because of the inherent challenges of life on the earth, all of humanity is vulnerable. This is all the more reason to seek the kingdom of heaven within and find the peace that leads to understanding. ~ Mike Love

Stay focused! Know where you are heading towards in life with your life! People going somewhere don't just go anywhere! ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

We can never skip growing old. As we grow older, we understand old things and things of old times better! ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can ... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding. ~ John Lennon

Just understanding life as it is, and living it with courage; not escaping from it, not hiding from it, facing it with courage, whatsoever it is, good or bad, divine or evil, heaven or hell. ~ Osho

Don't try to understand women.
Women don't want to be understood,
they just want to be loved.
It is men who crave understanding. ~ Manoj Vaz

Self expression is a vital part of understanding life, and enjoying it to the full. ~ Oliver Bowden

To watch King Lear is to approach the recognition that there is indeed no meaning in life, and that there are limits to human understanding. ~ Peter Ackroyd

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go. ~ Langston Hughes

It's not the balanced life we remember, it's the beautiful life. ~ Anne Sweeney

To be better equipped for the tests that the year will bring - read a textbook. To prepare for the tests that life will bring - read a book. ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

It is only as we focus our thoughts on heaven that we will correctly interpret life on earth. ~ Paul P. Enns

You are my only prize; the kids are a bonus.' Baba had a way of reassuring Mama of how much she meant to him. Their love story inspired all of us; they exemplified everything that was beautiful about marriage. They worked together as a team, they complemented one another. The sacrifices were many, but they never kept count. ~ Hani Selim

When you go through life ... it all seems accidental at the time it is happening. Then when you get on in your 60s or 70s and look back, your life looks like a well-planned novel with a coherent theme ... Incidents that seemed accidental, pure chance, turn out to be major elements in the structuring of this novel. Schopenhauer says, 'Who wrote this novel? You did.' ~ Joseph Campbell

I'd like to get something small and self-generated in before Black Rock has whatever life that it has. ~ Katie Aselton

My mind is a forest fire. ~ Christina Strigas

She's not trying to prepare us for her death. She's trying to prepare us for her life. For what she has left of it." ~ Slammed ~ Colleen Hoover

There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the course of one's life ~ Kazuo Ishiguro

Take a leap of faith on your dreams, not for me and not for the society, just for yourself. ~ Vinay Garg

In a recluse, the most irrevocable, lifelong rejection of the world often has as its basis an uncontrolled passion for the crowd, of such force that, finding when he does go out that he cannot win the admiration of a concierge, passers-by or even the coachman halted at the corner, he prefers to spend his life out of their sight, and gives up all activities which would make it necessary for him to leave the house. ~ Marcel Proust

Every life has immense value. ~ Seth Adam Smith

Bad things are not life. For example, death is not life. If you are truly confronting life, you must confront the good things. ~ Meir Ezra

My whole life I have been in a hurry, like running fast after a goal, and now I realize it's nice to sometimes slow down a little bit and enjoy the ride. ~ Luis Gerardo Mendez

I have said that science is impossible without faith ... Inductive logic, the logic of Bacon, is rather something on which we can act than something which we can prove, and to act on it is a supreme assertion of faith ... Science is a way of life which can only fluorish when men are free to have faith. ~ Norbert Wiener

Process is nothing; erase your tracks. The path is not the work. I hope your tracks have grown over; I hope birds ate the crumbs; I hope you will toss it all and not look back. ~ Annie Dillard

The history of modern philosophy is the history of losing and regaining the awareness of the fact that there is no third way between the Absolute and the absurd. ~ Jakub Bozydar Wisniewski

Most people use less brains in selecting the person with whom they are to spend their lives than they do in choosing an automobile, a bicycle or a cut of steak. Love isn't enough; there must also be understanding. ~ Elsie Lincoln Benedict

Your story must told.
Live a life legacy- written book or notes.
This will be there for many generations to know your rich experiences and knowledge. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The ultimate purpose behind your sensuality is to enjoy the pursuit of your highest potential, the driver of which is the passion within your soul. ~ Lebo Grand

I always used to say hybrids would rule the world - people who have an understanding of many cultures and can relate to them with ease. And then along came Obama. ~ Danai Gurira

Life consists of sadness too. And sadness is also beautiful; it has its own depth, its own delicacy, its own deliciousness, its own taste. A man is poorer if he has not known sadness; he is impoverished, very much impoverished. His laughter will be shallow, his laughter will not have depth, because depth comes only through sadness. A man who knows sadness, if he laughs, his laughter will have depth. His laughter will have something of his sadness too, his laughter will be more colorful. ~ Rajneesh

That was what living a serious life meant, wasn't it, honoring the gravity of things by not pretending they were light? ~ Howard Jacobson

Most of the holiday movies I enjoy, like 'It's a Wonderful Life,' don't really involve Santa. ~ George Wendt

Becoming a book collector is like joining a religion: it's for life. ~ Arturo Perez Reverte

That's the thing about knowing someone your entire life. You have a common history; it binds, provides a depth that new friendships, new loves, can never create. It lets two folks be in the room together without having to explain their silences. Or their passions. ~ Jessica Maria Tuccelli

The basic condition of human life is happiness. ~ Dalai Lama

The farmer and the gardener are both busy, the gardener perhaps the more excitable of the two, for he is more of the amateur, concerned with the creation of beauty rather than with the providing of food. Gardening is a luxury occupation; an ornament, not a necessity, of life. ~ Vita Sackville-West

One could be happy not only without love, but despite it. ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Life is full of censorship. I cant spit in your eye. ~ Katharine Hepburn

There is nothing firm or stable in a life spent between larking about together and quarrelling, exuberant one moment, aggrieved and resentful the next. You are forever pondering pros and cons, endlessly absorbed in questions of gain and loss. And on top of delusion comes drunkenness, and in that drunkenness you dream. ~ Yoshida Kenko

The pure force of life are in communication with each other, independently of us, and then we cannot hide who we are. ~ Paulo Coelho

The learning opportunities of togetherness are not only practical but precious for us all. ~ Donna Goddard

I mean, if you pause over what it means at the age of 76 that Eleanor Roosevelt wrote, the happiest single day of her life was the day she made the first team at field hockey. Field hockey is a team sport. Field hockey is a knockabout - I mean, picture Allenswood, the swamps of north London. It's a messy sport. So she really enjoyed playing this rough-and-tumble sport in the mud of Allenswood, a team sport. And she was very competitive. And she loved being competitive, and she loved to win. And that, I think, was all of the things that Allenswood enabled. ~ Blanche Wiesen Cook

You know what they say about big hitters ... the woods are full of them. ~ Jimmy Demaret

Throughout my life, I have never stopped to strategize about my next steps. I often just keep walking along, through whichever door opens. I have been on a journey and this journey has never stopped. When the journey is acknowledged and sustained by those I work with, they are a source of inspiration, energy and encouragement. They are the reasons I kept walking, and will keep walking, as long as my knees hold out. ~ Wangari Maathai

you held my wrists, propped me up, and moved me on your stage;
all my life has been a script and you wrote every page.
you set a backdrop, painted smiles, hid what was within;
come one, come all, and see her now: the doll in human skin! ~ Caroline Kaufman

I hope we shall prove how much happier for man the Quaker policy is, and that the life of the feeder is better than that of the fighter; and it is some consolation that the desolation by these maniacs of one part of the earth is the means of improving it in other parts. Let the latter be our office, and let us milk the cow, while the Russian holds her by the horns, and the Turk by the tail. ~ Thomas Jefferson

John Wooden made a name as a coach but also a life as a mentor. ~ Don Yaeger