Understanding is the beginning of approving

Quote by Andre Gide

Topics: Solution Quotes, Understanding Quotes

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece...

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece...

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit...

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit...

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that...

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that...

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than...

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than...

Not everyone can be an orphan.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when...

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when...

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.