Understanding can never be made into a habit, a matter of routine; it demands constant watchfulness, alertness. To understand, there must be pliability, sensitivity, a warmth that has nothing to do with sentimentality.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- True understanding cannot become a routine habit but requires constant alertness and sensitivity. It needs a warmth that is distinct from mere sentimentality.
- In plain terms
- Understanding demands constant attention and flexibility, not just routine.
- What can you take from it?
- Understanding requires constant alertness, not habit.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you truly aware or just going through motions?
- How do you keep your mind sensitive?
Another view
It may be difficult to maintain constant alertness in daily life.
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