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'Tis better to understand, than to be understood.

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A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide.

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A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.

Vernon Howard

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A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

Franz Kafka

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A man who pretends to understand women is ad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.

Henry James

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Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

Emma Goldman

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7

Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.

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Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

Leo Tolstoy

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Folks never understand the folks they hate.

James Russell Lowell

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10

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Elbert Hubbard

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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.

Baruch Spinoza

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12

I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.

Jean Rostand

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13

I understand people's suffering, people's pain, more than you will every know yourself.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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If I am to care for people in hospital I really must know every aspect of their treatment and to understand their suffering.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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16

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

Carl Jung

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17

If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be --not understood, but divined.

Remy de Gourmont

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If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.

G. K. Chesterton

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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.

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If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.

Pearl S. Buck

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21

In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.

J. William Fulbright

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22

Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?

Philip Roth

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23

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

Anatole France

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It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand, and what those things are. Human understanding has vulgarly occupied itself with nothing but understanding, but if it would only take the trouble to understand itself at the same time it would simply have to posit the paradox.

Søren Kierkegaard

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25

Man know much more than he understands.

Alfred Adler

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26

Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.

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No man thoroughly understands a truth until he has contended against it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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No person was every rightly understood until they had been first regarded with a certain feeling, not of tolerance, but of sympathy.

Thomas Carlyle

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29

Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.

Leonardo da Vinci

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30

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains.

G. K. Chesterton

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31

Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten.

André Breton

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32

Seek first to understand and then to be understood.

Stephen Covey

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33

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Augustine of Hippo

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34

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill-will.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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35

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

Samuel Johnson

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36

So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood; to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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37

The fact that you are willing to say, I do not understand, and it is fine, is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

Wayne Dyer

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38

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

Baruch Spinoza

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The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

John Locke

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The key to understanding others is to first understand yourself

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The man of understanding finds everything laughable.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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42

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

Albert Einstein

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43

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another.

Emma Goldman

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44

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Leonardo da Vinci

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45

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

Laozi

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46

The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilized men.

Bertrand Russell

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The thing is plain. All that men really understand, is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs and experience; to what they have an opportunity to know, and motives to study or practice. The rest is affectation and imposture.

William Hazlitt

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48

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

Charles Baudelaire

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49

There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.

Charles Kettering

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50

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed -- That can make life a garden.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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51

To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.

John Stuart Mill

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Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

Norman Vincent Peale

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UNDERSTANDING does not necessarily mean AGREEMENT.

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Understanding is a two-way street.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.

Thomas Hobbes

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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand

Vernon Howard

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57

We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.

Adlai E. Stevenson

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58

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.

J. M. Barrie

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We shall see but little way if we require to understand what we see. How few things can a man measure with the tape of his understanding! How many greater things might he be seeing in the meanwhile!

Henry David Thoreau

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60

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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61

When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath.

Jonathan Swift

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'Tis better to understand, than to be understood.

A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide.

A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

A man who pretends to understand women is ad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.

Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.

I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.

I understand people's suffering, people's pain, more than you will every know yourself.

I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams.

If I am to care for people in hospital I really must know every aspect of their treatment and to understand their suffering.

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be --not understood, but divined.

If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.

If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.

If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.

In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.

Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?

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

Man know much more than he understands.

Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.

No man thoroughly understands a truth until he has contended against it.

No person was every rightly understood until they had been first regarded with a certain feeling, not of tolerance, but of sympathy.

Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains.

Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten.

Seek first to understand and then to be understood.

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill-will.

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

So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood; to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!

The fact that you are willing to say, I do not understand, and it is fine, is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

The key to understanding others is to first understand yourself

The man of understanding finds everything laughable.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilized men.

The thing is plain. All that men really understand, is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs and experience; to what they have an opportunity to know, and motives to study or practice. The rest is affectation and imposture.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed -- That can make life a garden.

To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

UNDERSTANDING does not necessarily mean AGREEMENT.

Understanding is a two-way street.

Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.

We are slaves to whatever we don't understand

We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.

We shall see but little way if we require to understand what we see. How few things can a man measure with the tape of his understanding! How many greater things might he be seeing in the meanwhile!

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.

Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath.