understanding Quotes

“He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is also detestable. And it has a fascination, too, that goes to work upon him.”

― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

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“It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.”

― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

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“I learned that the world has a soul, and that whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of things.”

― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

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“The highest endeavour of the mind, and the highest virtue is to understand things by the third kind of knowledge.”

― Baruch Spinoza, Ethics

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“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already,...”

― Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God Is Within You

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“Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity: And whoever is moved by Faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding, and gives him a...”

― David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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“Eloquence, when at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection; but addressing itself entirely to the fancy or the affections, captivates the willing hearers, and subdues their understanding.”

― David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”

― George Orwell, 1984

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“The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding. On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point.”

― Albert Camus, The Plague

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“Love hinders death. Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone.”

― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

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