#understanding

"To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the others."

"In a general sense, I admit to valuing the worldviews of men under the age of 40 and women over the age of 30."

"Understanding requires insight. Insight must be anchored."

"Rabbit's clever,"said Pooh thoughtfully."Yes,"said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever.""And he has Brain.""Yes,"said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain."There was a long silence."I suppose,"said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything."

"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said. The art of reading between the lines is a life long quest of the wise."

"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them."

"It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to."

"I am not the moon orbiting around your planet; I am the sun that will burn through your frozen mind."

"When people say they don’t understand my generation, I like to point out that it’s not “my” generation. I’m only co-owner with a 50% stake."

"No adolescent ever wants to be understood, which is why they complain about being misunderstood all the time."

"I have a beard of fog that I wear on misty mornings. It’s not cigarette smoke, but I’d understand if you wanted to shave it off and inhale it."

"You remember only what you want to remember. You know only what your heart allows you to know."

"Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn't suck."

"Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so."

"We must make haste then, not only because we are daily nearer to death, but also because the conception of things and the understanding of them cease first."

"Trzymajcie się z dala od człowieka, który pracował w pocie czoła nad rozwiązaniem jakiejś zagadki, rozwiązał ją i stwierdził, że nie jest mądrzejszy niż przedtem - powiada Bokonon. - Przepełnia go bowiem mordercza pogarda do ludzi, którzy są równie głupi jak on, ale nie doszli do swojej głupoty równie ciężką pracą."

"While we can learn or study techniques for almost anything we might want to accomplish, real understanding is not the mere accumulation of knowledge. Understanding cannot be realized by listening or reading about the realization of others. It must be achieved firsthand via substantive, direct perception in the moment."

"We must not attach knowledge to the mind, we have to incorporate it there."

"There is a reason that all things are as they are, and did you see with my eyes and know with my knowledge, you would perhaps better understand."

"He who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it."