Stillness is the foundation of understanding and insight.

Without suffering there cannot be happiness. Without mud there cannot be any lotus flowers.

When we want to understand something, we cannot just stand outside and observe it. We have to enter deeply into it and be one with it in order to really understand. If we want to understand a person, we have to feel his feelings, suffer his sufferings, and enjoy his joy. The word "comprehend" is made up of the Latin roots cum, which means "with," and prehendere, which means "to grasp it or pick it up." There is no other way to understand something.

Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.

Shallow understanding accompanies shallow compassion. Great understanding goes with great compassion.

No argument, no reasoning, no blame, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.

Understanding and love aren't two separate things, they're just one.