Misunderstanding Quotes - Page 16

• No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.

  John Ruskin

  Art, Work, Perfect

  John Ruskin, John D. Rosenberg (1964). “The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings”, p.183, University of Virginia Press

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• The right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other.

  Franz Kafka

  Understanding, Matter

  "The Trial". Book by Franz Kafka, ch. 7, 1920.

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• We insist on being Someone, with a capital S. We get security from defining ourselves as worthless or worthy, superior or inferior. We waste precious time exaggerating or romanticizing or belittling ourselves with a complacent surety that yes, that’s who we are. We mistake the openness of our being—the inherent wonder and surprise of each moment—for a solid, irrefutable self. Because of this misunderstanding, we suffer.

  Pema Chodron

  Mistake, Self, Suffering

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• There is no better test as to whether a man is really preaching the New Testament gospel of salvation than the fact that some people might misunderstand it and misinterpret it to mean that it really amounts to this–that because you are saved by grace alone it does not matter at all what you do, that you can go on sinning as much as you like because it will abound all the more to the glory of grace. That is a very good test of gospel preaching. If my preaching and presentation of the gospel of salvation does not expose it to that misunderstanding, then it is not the gospel.

  Martyn

  Mean, Men, People

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• As all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism or if they do they think it is not a problem. Masses of people think that feminism is always and only about women seeking to be equal to men. And a huge majority of these folks think feminism is anti-male. Their misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks learn about feminism from patriarchal mass media.

  Bell Hooks

  Reality, Men, Thinking

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• Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work - work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it.

  Ronald Reagan

  Opportunity, Government, Sides

  First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1981

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• It’s about misunderstandings between people and places, being disconnected and looking for moments of connection. There are so many moments in life when people don’t say what they mean, when they are just missing each other, waiting to run into each other in a hallway.

  Sofia Coppola

  Life, Running, Missing Someone

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