Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.

Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

If you would judge, understand.

Judgment is contained in the act of trying to understand.

If I see one side of somebody, I want to see the other side.

One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Seeing the bigger picture opens your eyes to what is the truth.

In all your getting, get understanding.

Wise it is to comprehend the whole.

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.

Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.

Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves.

Then I obviously didn't understand what it all meant, but I do now.

The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.

I think the purpose of the writer is to help us see. The writer is someone who can perhaps have the joy of helping others see.

Seeing through is rarely seeing into.

In many cases it is a matter for decision and not a simple matter of fact whether x understands y; and so on.

I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

With time and experience comes a different perception of what's going on around you.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Perspective gives us the ability to accurately contrast the large with the small, and the important with the less important. Without it we are lost in a world where all ideas, news, and information look the same. We cannot differentiate, we cannot prioritize, and we cannot make good choices.

I don't think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.