A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.

A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.

Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

As I grow to understand life less and less,

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

How do you tell a Communist? Well, its someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? Its someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.

I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.

It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of warthat can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.

Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.

No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Only married people understand you can be miserable and happy at the same time.

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand

So whenever a Western seeker reaches to an understanding that ego is the problem, he can easily dissolve it, more easily than any Eastern seeker.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.

The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

United we stand; divided we fall.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

What I stand for is what I stand on.

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy