“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.”
“The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.”
“The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.”
“As free human beings we can use our unique intelligence to try to understand ourselves and our world. But if we are prevented from using our creative potential, we are deprived of one of the basic characteristics of a human being.”
“If I can learn to understand this language without words, I can learn to understand the world.”
“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.”