The size of a man's understanding can be justly measured…

The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.

— Samuel Johnson

“The size of a man’s understanding may always be justly measured by his mirth.”

— Samuel Johnson

Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle.

— Epictetus

“Mm, there was no need, but that s how the mind goes on working. The mind goes on creating troubles which are not needed…

— Osho

“The man of ambition thinks to find his good in the operations of others; the man of pleasure in his own sensations; but the…

— marcus aurelius

What a great thing is understanding! It is priceless. No man can give greater pleasure to his fellow man than by understanding him.

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to affirm whatever he pleases; but to be able to discern that what…

— Emanuel Swedenborg

The Greatest Gift a man can have is an Understanding Woman in His Life.

— Frenchqueen

The man of understanding finds everything laughable.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“There is a big difference between knowing and understanding. If I had a choice of being remembered as a knowledgeable or an understanding man,give…

— Rob Wood

A man of understanding finds less difficulty in submitting to a wrong-headed fellow, than in attempting to set him right.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“The intellectual or logical man, rather than the understanding or observant man, set himself to imagine designs — to dictate purposes to God.”

— Edgar Allan Poe

It is absolutely impossible at the same time to be a man of understanding and not to be ashamed to gratify the body.

— Clement of Alexandria

“Nobody likes these things life hands us. But part of becoming a man is understanding how to face them head on instead of running…

— Mira Jacob

“Man has no understanding , he can be taught a few simple tricks nothing more. He is a nuisance, the sooner he is exterminated…

— Dr. Zauius Planet of the apes