--- title: "9 Enemy Understand Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 9 Enemy Understand quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Enemy Understand sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/don-delillo-294_completion_it-s-not-enough-to-hate-your-enemy-you-h_1968926.jpg" --- > [It's not enough to hate your enemy. You have to understand how the two of you bring each other to deep completion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/it-s-not-enough-to-hate-your-enemy-you-have-to-understand-how-the-two/) [Don DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-delillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/don-delillo-294_completion_it-s-not-enough-to-hate-your-enemy-you-h_1968926.jpg) > [Best way to find the weakness of the enemy is to understand their ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/best-way-to-find-the-weakness-of-the-enemy-is-to-understand-their-ways/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/melina-marchetta-392_enemy_best-way-to-find-the-weakness-of-the-ene_2398316.png) > [“To beat your enemy, you must understand what your enemy wants.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-chercover/to-beat-your-enemy-you-must-understand-what-your-enemy-wants/) [Sean Chercover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-chercover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/sean-chercover-15822_learning_to-beat-your-enemy-you-must-understand-w_920603.jpg) > [In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my-enemy-understand-him-well/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2a/orson-scott-card-134_defeat_in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my_559963.png) > [I write from a people's point of view. I love people because I understand them. I understand an enemy, I understand a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kirby/i-write-from-a-people-s-point-of-view-i-love-people-because-i/) [Jack Kirby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kirby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/jack-kirby-4317_areas_i-write-from-a-people-s-point-of-view-i_2920566.jpg) > [“And what is the connection between Us and Them, how many bundled links do we find in the neural labyrinth? It's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dom-delillo/and-what-is-the-connection-between-us-and-them-how-many-bundled-links/) [Dom DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dom-delillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/dom-delillo-74377_connection_and-what-is-the-connection-between-us-an_37291.jpg) > [“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marissa-baker/in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my-enemy-understand-him-well-3/) [Marissa Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marissa-baker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/marissa-baker-57461_love_in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my_3098396.jpg) > [In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my-enemy-understand-him-well-2/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/orson-scott-card-134_believe_in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my_713722.jpg) > [“And it came down to this: In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/and-it-came-down-to-this-in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/orson-scott-card-134_learning_and-it-came-down-to-this-in-the-moment-w_772214.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy-understand/#itemlist", "name": "Enemy Understand Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's not enough to hate your enemy. 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