Understand

Famous quotes containing the word understand:

“We need God, not in order to understand the why, but in order to feel and sustain the ultimate wherefore, to give a meaning to the universe.”
—Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936)

“If you don’t understand yourself you don’t understand anybody else.”
—Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943)

“When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must open a wedge into neutral nature, we already understand the essence of love. Love is the problem of an animal who must find life, create a dialogue with nature in order to experience his own being.”
—Ernest Becker (1924–1974)