#understanding

I have always been willing to admit when I made a mistake. I made a mistake in my understanding of the composition of the Contras, not on my opposition to the Contra war. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#always #been #composition #contra #i

The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding. ↗

— Karl Jaspers

#essential #everything #great #history #philosophers

When I realized, in 1978, that Lucy did represent a new species of human ancestor, and that I had an opportunity to name this new species, I realized this was a revolutionary step in understanding human origins. ↗

— Donald Johanson

#had #human #i #lucy #name

Americans are a decade behind Canada when it comes to sex education and understanding their bodies. ↗

— Sue Johanson

#bodies #canada #comes #decade #education

I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He's just incapable of it. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#believe #cannot #capacity #compassion #does

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

— Helen Keller

#i do #peace #understanding #want #which

We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#infected #minds #misunderstanding #our #own

The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because it was a very turbulent environment full of things interacting with each other. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#current #each #environment #evolve #full

My family has had to become quite understanding about me not returning phone calls when I'm filming. ↗

— Anna Kendrick

#become #calls #family #filming #had

It is apparent that Christianity and Islam must come, and come immediately, to a closer understanding, and it is equally apparent that their unity if achieved, will be the most effective defensive measure against Communist expansion. ↗

— Aly Khan

#against #apparent #christianity #closer #come