
To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.Jiddu Krishnamurti
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To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.Jiddu Krishnamurti

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.Xunzi

You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain.Miyamoto Musashi

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.Marie Curie
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.Frank Herbert
Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.Jacob Braude
We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.James Barrie
By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better and we can prepare for a better future.Thich Nhat Hanh
It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.Anatole France
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do.Kahlil Gibran
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.Albert Einstein
Love at first sight is easy to understand; its when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.Amy Bloom
Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.Aristotle
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.Galileo Galilei
The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come to grief.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.Stephen Hawking
What I cannot create, I do not understand.Richard Feynman
Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.Jane Goodall

I have come not to teach but to awaken. Understand therefore that I lay down no precepts.Meher Baba

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.Harper Lee

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

Understanding someone's suffering is the best gift you can give another person. Understanding is love's other name. If you don't understand, you can't love.Thich Nhat Hanh

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.Abraham Lincoln

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.Albert Einstein

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.Oscar Wilde