Understanding Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about understanding.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Understanding is a blank slate on which nothing is written.

José Ortega y Gasset

José Ortega y Gasset

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To be surprised, to be puzzled, is to begin to understand.

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

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When we read too quickly or too slowly, we don't understand anything.

Saint Teresa of Jesus

Saint Teresa of Jesus

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The untilled land will bear thorns and thistles even though it may be fertile; so is the understanding of man.

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

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A sharp understanding without greatness punctures everything, but moves nothing.