To accept a trial is to thank God for it, with the understanding that it permits us a victory, a detachment with regard to the world and with regard to the ego. Frithjof Schuon
May we be strengthened with the understanding that being blessed does not mean that we shall always be spared all the disappointments and difficulties of life. Heber J. Grant
Good people aren't good because they never cause harm to others. They're good because they treat others the best way they know how, with the understanding that they have. Orson Scott Card
Our - our friends can't trust us anymore. You know, Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them. We won't even give them offensive weapons. Ben Carson
When intensively practicing insight, your first priority should be given to it, with the understanding that insight is the essential cause of liberation. ... You should not interrupt it for a minute or even a second. Mahasi Sayadaw