Quotes about Understanding

The only source of knowledge is experience.

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

Curiosity is more important than knowledge.

The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

Growth comes through analogy; through seeing how things connect, rather than only seeing how they might be different.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shpwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

If I were not a Jew I would be a Quaker.

If I can't picture it, I can't understand it.

One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

human community life cannot long endure on a basis of crude force, brutality, terror, and hate. Only understanding for our neighbors, justice in our dealings, and willingness to help our fellow men can give human society permanence and assure security for the individual.