There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand read more

There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Don’t expect everyone to understand your journey, especially if they have never had to walk your path.

Don’t expect everyone to understand your journey, especially if they have never had to walk your path.

Again a different meaning has to be understood.

Again a different meaning has to be understood.

And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men; whereas a man may read more

And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men; whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them.

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to read more

People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love.

Love is saying 'I feel differently' instead of 'You're wrong.'

Love is saying 'I feel differently' instead of 'You're wrong.'

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.