“The fact that Obama is getting criticism from the left and the right might reflect his understanding of the underlying political dynamics.” FactsMightPoliticalLeftUnderstandingCriticismDynamics Author:Ron Fournier
“My school friends are really understanding and still want to hang out with me. Ever since I was in sixth grade, I was at the gym every day to work out while my friends were getting their nails done or going to the mall. I used to feel left out, but I don't anymore.” WantFeelsStillsDoneSchoolUsedLeftUnderstandingMy FriendsWork OutGradesHanging OutGymNailsMallsLeft OutSixth GradeSchool FriendsNails Done Author:Aly Raisman
“If we are ready to tolerate everything as understood, there is nothing left to explain; while if we sourly refuse to take anything, even tentatively, as clear, no explanation can be given.” IfsLeftGivenUnderstandingClearReadyUnderstoodRefuseExplanationTolerate Book:Fact, Fiction, and Forecast Source: Fact, Fiction, and Forecast
“The question is, whether, like the Divine Child in the Temple, we are turning knowledge into wisdom, and whether, understanding more of the mysteries of life, we are feeling more of its sacred law; and whether, having left behind the priests and the scribes and the doctors and the fathers, we are about our Father's business, and becoming wise to God.” ChildrenFeelingsWisdomLawFatherLeftUnderstandingBehindsWiseMysteryDivineBecomingDoctorsSacredTemplesPriestsLeft BehindOur FatherMystery Of LifeScribesBecoming Wise Book:Sermons Preached at Brighton Source: Sermons Preached at Brighton
“Since ancient times, the left side has stood for the side of the unconscious or the unknown; the right side, by contrast, has represented the side of consciousness or wakefulness. Through the late twentieth century, the movement of the Left limited themselves to a materialist understanding of reality- exemplified by Marxism- demanding social justice and economic equality but not the restoration of intuition and the recognition of the hidden, qualitative dimensions of being suppressed by the mental-rational consciousness, narrowly focused on the quantifiable.” RealityLeftSocialUnderstandingSidesJusticeConsciousnessEconomicCenturyMovementLateSocial JusticeAncientIntuitionFocusedRationalRecognitionUnconsciousDimensionsContrastRationalityMarxismTwentieth CenturyRestorationAncient TimesQualitativeEconomic Equality Author:Jean Gebser
“The new coherent picture is not yet available. With all their immense empirical success, G(eneral)R(elativity) and Q(uantum)M(echanics) have left us with an understanding of the physical world which is unclear and badly fragmented. At the foundations of physics there is today confusion and incoherence.” WorldTodayLeftUnderstandingFoundationAvailablePhysicsConfusionImmenseFragmentedUnclearIncoherence Author:Carlo Rovelli
“However capable and skillful an individual may be, left alone, he or she will not survive. When we are sick or very young or very old, we must depend on the support of others. There is no significant division between us and other people, because our basic natures are the same. If we wish to ensure everyone's peace and happiness, we need to cultivate a healthy respect for the diversity of our peoples and cultures, founded on an understanding of this fundamental sameness of all human beings.” PeopleIfsNeedsHumansMayYoungCultureIndividualLeftWishUnderstandingHuman BeingsSupportDependsHealthyDiversityCapableSickFundamentalsSignificantDivisionLeft AloneSkillfulPeace And HappinessSameness Author:Dalai Lama
“People don't want to be understood - I mean not completely. It's too destructive. Then they haven't anything left. They don't want complete sympathy or complete understanding. They want to be treated carelessly and taken for granted lots of times.” PeopleWantMeanLeftUnderstandingTakenHavensUnderstoodTreatedGrantedDestructiveTaken For Granted Book:BRING ME A UNICORN Source: BRING ME A UNICORN
“Critical Race Theory offers of discrimination frameworks as ways of understanding and eradicating racism. The focus on "discrimination" as the way to understand racism in the US has meant that racism is considered a question of discriminatory intentions - whether or not somebody intentionally left someone out or did something harmful because of their biased feelings about a person's race. This focus on individual racists with bad ideas hides the reality that racism exists wherever conditions of racialized maldistribution exist.” WayPersonsIdeasFeelingsRealityIndividualLeftUnderstandingRaceFocusConditionsTheoryOffersRacismIntentionCriticalDiscriminationRacistFrameworkBad IdeasBiased Author:Dean Spade