We need to get back to reasoning and thinking things through. The future generation is being brought up in greed and without a true understanding of civics. There is no more emphasis on knowledge and time. As a society we need to process ideas and understand what certain principles are based upon.

This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for this teaching with all my heart and lift my glass to human solidarity to the ultimate victory of knowledge peace good-will and understanding.

My whole life I had been taught to read and study to seek understanding in knowledge of history of cultures.

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.

What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes to help them? For me a big part of it is information knowledge - the ability to defeat propaganda by understanding it.

Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first our own increase of knowledge secondly to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes.

Without self knowledge without understanding the working and functions of his machine man cannot be free he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.

All our knowledge begins with the senses proceeds then to the understanding and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

My understanding is that what was provided was general order of battle information not operational intelligence. I certainly have no knowledge of US participation in preparing battle and strike packages and doubt strongly that that occurred.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

The capacity you're thinking of is imagination without it there can be no understanding indeed no fiction.

It will take some time before a politician will capture the imagination of the American people and have the vision and understanding to do what is necessary for a better future for the people of America and the world.

Well the fact is that one imagination is critically important and if you have had your imagination stimulated by what is basically a variety of subjects you are much more amenable to accepting to understanding and interacting with the realities of the world.

What I really have in my head my imagination my understanding of music I never really get that out.

Talent lying in the understanding is often inherited genius being the action of reason or imagination rarely or never.