--- title: "15 Incapable Understanding Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 15 Incapable Understanding quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Incapable Understanding sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cec/scott-hildreth-6860_fear_we-fear-what-we-don-t-understand-and-fin_2930204.jpg" --- > [“We fear what we don’t understand and find serenity in what we’re incapable of understanding..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-hildreth/we-fear-what-we-don-t-understand-and-find-serenity-in-what-we-re/) [Scott Hildreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-hildreth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cec/scott-hildreth-6860_fear_we-fear-what-we-don-t-understand-and-fin_2930204.jpg) > [“At her tender age she was incapable of understanding such a history,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-feehan/at-her-tender-age-she-was-incapable-of-understanding-such-a-history/) [Christine Feehan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-feehan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/christine-feehan-615_history_at-her-tender-age-she-was-incapable-of-u_37562.png) > [There are moments when people are incapable of understanding happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/there-are-moments-when-people-are-incapable-of-understanding-happiness/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/paulo-coelho-10_happiness_there-are-moments-when-people-are-incapa_1521304.jpg) > [“In a way, the world-view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/in-a-way-the-world-view-of-the-party-imposed-itself-most-successfully-2/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/george-orwell-57_quote_in-a-way-the-world-view-of-the-party-imp_1866394.jpg) > [In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind, which you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/in-my-solitude-many-miles-from-men-and-houses-i-am-in-a-childishly/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knut-hamsun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/knut-hamsun-1203_carefree_in-my-solitude-many-miles-from-men-and-h_2430106.png) > [“who are incapable of understanding a woman’s character, heart, and soul. Yeats insists that men need “protection & care in those deeper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-shakespear/who-are-incapable-of-understanding-a-woman-s-character-heart-and-soul/) [Olivia Shakespear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-shakespear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/olivia-shakespear-45051_heart-and-soul_who-are-incapable-of-understanding-a-wom_1245173.jpg) > [Therefore it is the law of the mystics to see all things, to experience all things, either of heaven or earth, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/therefore-it-is-the-law-of-the-mystics-to-see-all-things-to/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cb/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_all-things_therefore-it-is-the-law-of-the-mystics-t_1243947.jpg) > [“Then turn your eyes back on me, and tell me that Cathy and I are still children to be treated with condescension,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-c-andrews/then-turn-your-eyes-back-on-me-and-tell-me-that-cathy-and-i-are-still-2/) [V.C. Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-c-andrews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/v-c-andrews-2743_adult-subjects_then-turn-your-eyes-back-on-me-and-tell_1486025.jpg) > [“I am quite incapable of understanding how any work of art can be criticized from a moral standpoint. The sphere of art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-am-quite-incapable-of-understanding-how-any-work-of-art-can-be/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/oscar-wilde-16_art_i-am-quite-incapable-of-understanding-ho_2571178.jpg) > [“Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of solving it, and also never comment on your targets with someone incapable of understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alu-sio-a-silva/never-discuss-your-problems-with-someone-incapable-of-solving-it-and/) [Aluísio A. Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alu-sio-a-silva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/alu-sio-a-silva-218207_goals_never-discuss-your-problems-with-someone_1695646.jpg) > [How is it that there are so many minds that are incapable of understanding mathematics? ... the skeleton of our understanding, ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-poincare/how-is-it-that-there-are-so-many-minds-that-are-incapable-of/) [Henri Poincare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-poincare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/768/henri-poincare-3339_attention_how-is-it-that-there-are-so-many-minds-t_1003781.jpg) > [“It is only by the exercise of reason that man can discover God. Take away that reason, and he would be incapable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/it-is-only-by-the-exercise-of-reason-that-man-can-discover-god-take/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f0/thomas-paine-267_bible_it-is-only-by-the-exercise-of-reason-tha_796185.png) > [“Like the rest of the devout, he was incapable of understanding that the Holy One's face is never turned away but constantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/like-the-rest-of-the-devout-he-was-incapable-of-understanding-that/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bd/frederick-buechner-883_incapable_like-the-rest-of-the-devout-he-was-incap_1172275.png) > [“He realized how easy it was to present an appearance of orthodoxy while having no grasp whatever of what orthodoxy meant. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/he-realized-how-easy-it-was-to-present-an-appearance-of-orthodoxy/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/george-orwell-57_lack-of-understandin_he-realized-how-easy-it-was-to-present-a_62766.jpg) > [In a way, the world−view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/in-a-way-the-world-view-of-the-party-imposed-itself-most-successfully/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/george-orwell-57_accepting_in-a-way-the-world-view-of-the-party-imp_1248731.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/incapable-understanding/#itemlist", "name": "Incapable Understanding Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We fear what we don’t understand and find serenity in what we’re incapable of understanding..”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Scott Hildreth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-hildreth/we-fear-what-we-don-t-understand-and-find-serenity-in-what-we-re/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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