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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself. -- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Magick is the Science of understanding oneself and one's conditions. It is the Art of applying that understanding in action. -- Aleister Crowley
To me, 'The End of the Jews' - both the title and the novel itself - is about the end of pat, uncritical ways of understanding oneself in the world. -- Adam Mansbach
According to Ayurvedic principles, by understanding oneself, by identifying one's own constitution, and by recognizing sources of doshic aggravation, one can not only follow the proper guidelines to cleanse, purify, and prevent disease, but also uplift oneself into a realm of awareness previously unknown. -- Vasant Lad
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
The frontiers of knowledge in the various fields of our subject are expanding at such a rate that, work as hard as one can, one finds oneself further and further away from an understanding of the whole. -- James Meade
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
True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others. -- Voltaire
Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength. -- Laozi
There is nothing personal in the thunderclap of understanding. The lightning that releases it comes from outside oneself. -- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual. -- Gautama Buddha
To gain an overall understanding of oneself does not require looking outward - it requires the strength of looking inward. -- Michelle Cruz
Through my own observations. I am convinced that an absolutely honest and direct inquiry into oneself will lead to understanding. -- Bruce Lee

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