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  • I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God. -- Anne Lamott
  • An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people. -- Chinua Achebe
  • I want to block some common misunderstandings about 'understanding': In many of these discussions one finds a lot of fancy footwork about the word 'understanding.' -- John Searle
  • Ultimately, knowing God and reading the Word, it helps with patience with people, understanding, empathy and sympathy that they might not have that I have. If God gave it to me, why not exercise it? -- Trai Byers
  • Change begins with understanding and understanding begins by identifying oneself with another person: in a word, empathy. The arts enable us to put ourselves in the minds, eyes, ears and hearts of other human beings. -- Richard Eyre
  • Faith is the first step to understanding. Either it's the Word of an infallible God, the fallible words of men, or faith in what you personally believe. You've got to have faith in something. Believe me. -- Ray Comfort
  • I'm appalled the word feminism has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture. -- Annie Lennox
  • It is of immense importance for the understanding of the word of God, to read it in course, so that we may read every day a portion of the Old and a portion of the New Testament, going on where we previously left off. -- George Muller
  • In Asian languages, the word for 'mind' and the word for 'heart' are same. So if you're not hearing mindfulness in some deep way as heartfulness, you're not really understanding it. Compassion and kindness towards oneself are intrinsically woven into it. You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention. -- Jon Kabat-Zinn
  • At the parish level, where the church lives and moves and breathes, that's where we need to be engaging our people much more in understanding the Word of God... the Word of God reflected in the traditional teaching of the church, the Word of God reflected in the scriptures, is as much a part of their lives as anything else. -- Donald Wuerl
  • When you are in church, it's always good to carry a pen and notepad to jot down the scripture text, reference scriptures, and sermon notes. When you come prepared with notepad and pen, you are able to feed off the scriptures from the sermon throughout the week, while asking God to open up your understanding for a deeper illumination of the word. -- Monica Johnson
  • The key to understanding the future is one word: sustainability. -- Patrick Dixon
  • The materialistic view of happiness of our age starkly revealed in our understanding of the word "luxury. -- Alain de Botton
  • If you want to get understanding, keep the Word in your heart and not in your mind only. -- Sunday Adelaja
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  • I don't like the word transparency; cold dead glass is transparent. I prefer education or understanding, which are more human. -- Julian Assange
  • Christ teaches by the Spirit of wisdom in the heart, opening the understanding to the Spirit of revelation in the word. -- Matthew Henry
  • More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding. -- Paul D. Boyer
  • Idealism is frequently another word for self-righteousness, a disease that can only be corrected by a profound understanding power in its complete sense. -- George Friedman
  • Tabletalk Magazine exists to help establish us in the Word to deepen our understanding of God and apply this knowledge to our daily living. -- R. C. Sproul
  • Not one word," Kel warned. "Tobe and I have reached an understanding." Neal's lips twitched. "Why do I feel you did most of the understanding. -- Tamora Pierce
  • I want to block some common misunderstandings about understanding: In many of these discussions one finds a lot of fancy footwork about the word understanding. -- John Searle
  • Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect. -- Dominique Pire
  • You can be interested in a Jane Smiley novel whether or not anyone says a word. She enters into her characters thoughts with great understanding and depth. -- Richard Russo
  • You can be interested in a Jane Smiley novel whether or not anyone says a word. She enters into her characters' thoughts with great understanding and depth. -- Richard Russo
  • At a certain point the audience shouldn't worry about catching every word and understanding every twist and turn, because at a certain point that's pretty much impossible. -- David Cronenberg
  • Every word and deed must contribute to an understanding with the enemy and release those vast reservoirs of goodwill which have been blocked by impenetrable walls of hate. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Now the word-symbols of conceptual ideas have passed so long from hand to hand in the service of the understanding, that they have gradually lost all such fanciful reference. -- Wilhelm Wundt
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