The task of universal pragmatics is to identify and reconstruct universal conditions of possible mutual understanding.

Poetry offers a way of understanding and expressing existence that is fundamentally different from conceptual thought.

We must prevent a criminal understanding between the Fascist aggressors and the British and French imperialist clique.

When we get into the spirit world, and the veil is withdrawn, we shall then perhaps understand the whys and wherefores.

If we could allow the pace of our meetings to slow down to the pace of our hearts, we might find genuine understanding.

I think for any relationship to be successful, there needs to be loving communication, appreciation, and understanding.

Try to see the world from the eyes of an old man! Old eyes are a good place to begin with for understanding the truths!

An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment.

One must look hard through history to find when a clear understanding of the truth moved anyone to fire the first shot.

Wrong doing must be punished. If not, it will proliferate until anarchy wears the robes of tolerance and understanding.

A true understanding of who God is, who we are, and the missionary task should drive us to our knees and keep us there.

The electron is a theory we use; it is so useful in understanding the way nature works that we can almost call it real.

Learning is a process where knowledge is presented to us, then shaped through understanding, discussion and reflection.

Tinkering is a way of understanding difficult problems, of wrapping our heads around them and quantifying the unknowns.

Being morally honest means sitting down and actually listening to a person and understanding where they're coming from.

Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.

Love is not all that is required in a relationship. It needs understanding, openness, kidness, patience, long-suffering

This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.

She will never submit to any thing requiring industry and patience, and a subjection of the fancy to the understanding.

Reserve is no more essentially connected with understanding than a church organ with devotion, or wine with good-nature.

Now that our mother has died, we're two orphans, Angie and I, so she has a deep understanding of the orphans she adopts.

Any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments.

Analyzing through special insight and realizing the lack of inherent existence constitute understanding of the signless.

My understanding of Chinese history is limited. So far, I have only scratched its surface; I wish I could find out more.

The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding

I also came to understand that our authenticity (or lack thereof) is made evident by the fruit that our life is bearing.

Knowledge for its own sake was meaningless, its mere accumulation a waste of time. Knowledge must lead to understanding.

The overly-verbal artist is led by his understanding of things--rather than by direct observation of things as they are.

An appreciation of animals is good for a human, it can lead to a better understanding and respect for all living things.

I believe that every human being has an understanding of art. What is separating us is smaller than what is unifying us.

Moral crusaders with zeal but no ethical understanding are likely to give us solutions that are worse than the problems.

Ordinary human laws are the means - however imperfect - by which we express our understanding of the enduring moral law.

Skill at helping people grow spiritually, like skill at playing chess, depends on understanding and valuing differences.

I have great respect and understanding for military commitment due to my own family's involvement with the armed forces.

There is an important erotic element in A Thousand and One Nights, which is one of the keys to understanding the Orient.

It seems to me that responsiveness is a better source for understanding what moral claims are and how they work upon us.

Man talks about everything, and he talks about everything as though the understanding of everything were all inside him.

I found it stimulating to study the sciences. It was a side of understanding the universe that I hadn't been exposed to.

Go beyond yourself and reach out to other people with a sincere love, respect, caring, and understanding of their needs.

I have tried sedulously not to laugh at the acts of man, nor to lament them, nor to detest them, but to understand them.

I have a confidence in my understanding of formal aesthetics and I don't want to be aware of it or make that my problem.

Understanding future warfare is the most important responsibility of those who must defend a nation from future enemies!

There are no instances known to me of cultures having forsaken Truth or renounced the understanding in its widest sense.

One cannot discuss Europe without understanding US imperial hegemony, both globally and certainly in Europe as it stands.

When he bowed to all those buddhas, the buddhas he bowed to were beyond his own understanding. Again and again he did it.

I think understanding or comprehension is probably the strongest emotion that you feel, or at least some kind of empathy.

Leave people to their opinions and judgements. They cannot harm you; it is their understanding that is faulty, not yours.

There is nothing personal in the thunderclap of understanding. The lightning that releases it comes from outside oneself.

I think I'd make a loving, caring, understanding boyfriend, who's in touch with his emotions. Or at least I'd like to be.

Telling someone something he does not understand is pointless, even if you add that he will not be able to understand it.

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