“Understanding has no cost, yet, it is too expensive for some people to purchase”
“knowledge is our enviroment..wisdome, is how we perceive our environment .”
“I wonder if she feels from me the thing I feel about her when I touch her. Not in sex, which he understood now was a different thing from everything else. I just mean when I touch her skin before we sleep and I understand all the things beneath it. Animals can t have that. They can t build their loved ones that way and feel right through their skin. That s never worn off, whatever else. He looked a where she slept. I can t imagine living without that.”
“It doesn t mean, she shrugged. It just is”
“I get a letter once a week from my mama. She say everything fine at home.. I write her back too, when I can, but what I m gonna tell her that won t start her bawling again? So I just say we is having a nice time and everybody treating us fine.”
“Trust is always a risk, but when placed in the right people after a trial period where they prove themselves worthy of it, it is a reward transcendent of all the emotional mire that bogs down a person’s potential.”
“Collaboration begins with mutual understanding and respect.”
“Through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life… By wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is established; And by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.”
“On the inside, the copycats of the ruffians are more delicate than the copycats of prudes.”
“At the limit it could be said that every speaking being has a personal language of his own, that is his own particular way of thinking and feeling. Culture, at its various levels, unifies in a series of strata, to the extent that they come into contact with each other, a greater or lesser number of individuals who understand each other s mode of expression to varying degrees, etc.”
“I esteem his understanding and subtlety highly, but I consider that they have been put to ill use in the greater part of his work, where the author studies things of little use... {Writing about Isaac Newton}”
“If you don’t understand something clearly that you are being taught…speak up. If you feel something is confusing or you are unsure of exactly what to do…ask about it. If you need clarification or something repeated to make sure you got it…request it. If you feel lost, forgot something, or feel like you are falling behind…bring it up. Nodding your head, saying “yeah, yeah” and pretending to know things you don’t is right up there with one of the worst things you can do when you hire some one to help you and your career.”
“We are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.”
“It is only when we forget our learning, do we begin to know.”
“Those whom we cannot stand are usually those whom we cannot understand.”
“Byl nesmírně vnímavý, a to pro něho znamenalo problémy. Chápal svět úplně jinak. Nedokázal v něm normálně fungovat. Všechny ty zákonitosti, nařízení, pravidla. Možná proto si mě získal. Jako bych se viděl v zrcadle, tak mi byl ve své podstatě podobný. Můj bože, ten byl ale nešťastný!”
“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.”