“Writers themselves benefit from all helpful information about their task and methods. Readers, in turn, can have both their understanding and appreciation of literature enhanced by information about the writer's work.” TurnsLiteratureUnderstandingInformationReaderBenefitsTasksMethodAppreciationHelpful Book:The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing Source: The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing
“Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you would have. It's about understanding that he is exactly the person he is supposed to be. And that, if you're lucky, he just might be the teacher who turns you into the person you are supposed to be.” IfsChildrenPersonsMightTurnsUnderstandingTeacherLuckyMotherhoodCelebrateSupposed To Be Author:Joan Ryan
“Among those born into chaos, some will imagine an order and become scientists; a few will recognize the chaos and become abstract artists; most others will turn to faith for understanding; and the rest will become lost souls.” SoulArtistOrderTurnsLostUnderstandingBornImagineScientistChaosAbstractLost Souls Author:Robert Breault
“Communism is born out of misery, and if the West does not show more understanding, those people will take up arms and turn to others, that is the Soviet Union.” PeopleIfsDoeShowsTurnsUnderstandingBornArmsUnionsMiseryWestCommunismSovietSoviet Union Author:Francois Mitterrand
“It is the University's function to turn out well-balanced persons with an understanding of themselves and of their place in life.” WellsPersonsTurnsUnderstandingFunctionUniversityBalancedPlace In Life Author:Vincent Massey
“When practiced to its fullest, mindful eating turns a simple meal into a spiritual experience, giving us a deep appreciation of all that went into the meal's creation as well a deep understanding of the relationship between the food on our table, our own health, and our planet's health.” GivingWellsMotivationalSpiritualTurnsUnderstandingSimpleCreationPlanetsEatingTablesAppreciationMealsOur PlanetSpiritual ExperienceDeep Understanding Author:Nhat Hanh
“Some people are ignorant of the world but educated in Scripture, and are therefore prone to missing the relevance of Scripture - these sometimes, later, amidst life's challenges and doubts, turn from the faith; other people are ignorant of Scripture but educated in the world, and are therefore prone to missing the truth of Scripture - they are often those who ridicule the faith. The apologist stands somewhere in the center. He articulates where some are prone to understanding the truth in beauty, others the beauty in truth - that of a spiritual Creator in relation to his scientific creation.” PeopleWorldSometimesSpiritualTurnsUnderstandingChallengesDoubtMissingCreationRelationCreatorScriptureIgnorantEducatedRidiculeRelevance Book:Healology Source: Healology
“I would say that introverts make some of the best international philosophers. The less common attribute of the introverted lifestyle - a close societal connection, as such a connection disappears or changes in relevance as the currents of the winds change - leaves too much room for one's own cultural bias. Instead, introverts tend to turn inward, the laboratory of being and all its forms. This is the most accurate study of the individual human being, which is in turn, rather than those affected by cultural limitations, the most universal reflection of human understanding and human behavior.” HumansFormTurnsIndividualUnderstandingHuman BeingsRoomsCommonStudyToo MuchWindBehaviorReflectionConnectionsUniversalInternationalPhilosopherCurrentsDisappearLifestyleLimitationAffectedAttributesAccurateBiasInwardIntrovertHuman BehaviorLaboratoryRelevanceIntroverted Author:Criss Jami
“Nevertheless, the ultimate business of philosophy is to preserve the force of the most elemental words in which Dasein expresses itself, and to keep the common understanding from levelling them off to that unintelligibility which functions in turn as a source of pseudo-problems.” PhilosophyProblemTurnsForceUnderstandingCommonSourceUltimateFunctionPreservesNeverthelessElementalsPseudo Author:Martin Heidegger
“...there are still truths in the Bible and many other ancient texts despite what religions have done to destroy and debase them. Religious dogma and myth have been used very successfully either to suppress understanding or to twist the truth sufficiently to turn something positive into something negative.” Has BeensStillsDoneUsedTurnsUnderstandingReligiousNegativeAncientMythDespiteDogmaTwistsReligious Dogma Author:David Icke
“In most cases, to be reasonable means not to be obstinate, which in turn points to conformity with reality as it is. The principle of adjustment is taken for granted. When the idea of reason was conceived, it was intended to achieve more than the mere regulation of the relation between means and ends: it was regarded as the instrument for understanding the ends, for determining them.” MeanIdeasEndsReasonRealityTurnsUnderstandingPrinciplesCasesTakenAchieveRelationInstrumentsMereGrantedReasonableConformityRegulationAdjustmentTaken For GrantedObstinate Book:Eclipse of Reason Source: Eclipse of Reason
“Jung Min is SS501's Hitler. When we lived together, we played video games. But we can't turn the sound loud. Not even by one click. Jung Min says we can't have it loud, so we're like “Ok, fine. He's our member, so let's be understanding and turn it down.” We turn it off, but he goes to his room and does karaoke!” DoeTogetherTurnsGamesUnderstandingSoundRoomsFineMembersVideoLoudClicksJungKaraoke Author:Kim Kyu-jong
“Witches try to 'connect' with the world around them. Witchcraft, they say, is about the tactile, intuitive understanding of the turn of the seasons, the song of the birds; it is the awareness of all things as holy.” WorldTryingSongTurnsUnderstandingNatureAwarenessHolyBirdAll ThingsSeasonsOnenessHolinessWitchIntuitiveWitchcraftTactile Author:Tanya Luhrmann
“My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.” FirstsHeartBookFeelingsSufferingTurnsStrongUnderstandingStepsPracticePathTeachingAcceptanceGrewForgivingCurrentsRadicalRefugeNurturingUnworthyRadical Acceptance Author:Tara Brach