Sometimes there seems so little of it. Sometimes all it takes is a little.

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.

Mother Teresa

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

Albert Einstein

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

Maya Angelou

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Mohandas Gandhi

The fact that you are willing to say, “I do not understand, and it is fine,” is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

Wayne Dyer

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Kahlil Gibran

To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

Tony Robbins

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one’s experiences in common.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Understanding is a two-way street.

Eleanor Roosevelt

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

Helen Keller

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

Lao Tzu

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

Norman Vincent Peale

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Plato

Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?

Pablo Picasso

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Leonardo da Vinci

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

Erma Bombeck

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

Carl Sagan

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

Carl Sagan

I want a man who’s kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?

Zsa Zsa Gabor

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

Albert Camus

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

Margaret Thatcher

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.

Stephen Hawking

It isn’t until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control.

Oprah Winfrey

People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.

Soren Kierkegaard