Quotes About Understanding

More speed means less comprehension.

the more a child is read storybooks—something the parents, more than the kid, choose—the better they are at reading other people's emotions.

every time you widen human empathy, you open the universe a little more.

reading fiction, over time, boosts your empathy.

The circle of knowledge commences close round a man and thence stretches out concentrically.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

Say not you know another entirely, till you have divided an inheritance with him.

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.

The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously displayed.

A man who does not know a foreign language is ignorant of his own.

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience.

One man's word is no man's word we should quietly hear both sides.

The man of understanding finds everything laughable.

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us, and though distant, is close to us in spirit - this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed

What is not fully understood is not possessed.

Ah, o que eu sei, toda a gente o pode saber! Mas o meu coração só a mim pertence…

Lieben ist menschlich, nur müsst Ihr menschlich lieben!

Tolerance comes of age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other.

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error.

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.

Experience is only half of experience

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.