Quotes about Understanding (page 2)

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“If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.”
VerifiedMysterium Coniunctionis, from The Collected Works of C. G. Jung (1966) · evidenceUnderstanding
“The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another.”
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“The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.”
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“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”
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“Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.”
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“I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.”
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“You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.”
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“It has taken me all my life to understand it is not necessary to understand everything.”
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“The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.”
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“No one is going to turn down a good meal because he does not understand the digestive mechanism.”
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“Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.”
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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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“A man who pretends to understand women is ad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.”
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“Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?”
VerifiedThe Counterlife (1986) · evidenceUnderstanding
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
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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.”
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“People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains.”
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“The guru, if he is gifted, reads the story as any bilingual person might. He does not translate-he understands.”
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“Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath.”
VerifiedA Tale of a Tub (1704), Preface · evidenceUnderstanding