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| A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding. | | Isaac Newton | |
| Again a different meaning has to be understood. | | Buddha | |
| All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. | | Galileo Galilei | |
| And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men; whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them. | | Helen Rowland | |
| Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. | | Dale Carnegie | |
| Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. | | Ambrose Bierce | |
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| Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. | | Carl Gustav Jung | |
| He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. | | Elbert Hubbard | |
| I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. | | Oscar Wilde | |
| I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am. | | Thomas Carlyle | |
| I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. | | Confucius | |
| I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country. | | Eleanor Roosevelt | |
| Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible. | | Walter Lippmann | |
| If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things. | | Vincent van Gogh | |
| If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. | | Nelson Mandela | |
| If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants | | Friedrich Nietzsche | |
| In the new approach, as you know, the important thing is to understand what you are doing rather than to get the right answer | | Tom Lehrer | |
| Infinities and indivisibles transcend our finite understanding, the former on account of their magnitude, the latter because of their smallness; Imagine what they are when combined. | | Galileo Galilei | |
