--- title: "24 Understand Understanding Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 24 Understand Understanding quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Understand Understanding sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/806/anonymous-1_guarding_guarding-knowledge-is-not-a-good-way-to_277685.jpg" --- > [Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/guarding-knowledge-is-not-a-good-way-to-understand-understanding/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/806/anonymous-1_guarding_guarding-knowledge-is-not-a-good-way-to_277685.jpg) > [There's a lot I don't understand... but not understanding is better than not believing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/there-s-a-lot-i-don-t-understand-but-not-understanding-is-better-than/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d61/amy-harmon-1093_believe_there-s-a-lot-i-don-t-understand-but-not_985564.png) > [“The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/the-world-isn-t-just-the-way-it-is-it-is-how-we-understand-it-no-and-2/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/yann-martel-395_understand_the-world-isn-t-just-the-way-it-is-it-is_2545686.jpg) > [I will not be afraid because I understand ... And understanding is happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-c-clarke/i-will-not-be-afraid-because-i-understand-and-understanding-is/) [Arthur C. Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-c-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f2/arthur-c-clarke-640_fear_i-will-not-be-afraid-because-i-understan_637889.jpg) > [I dont understand, but understanding something isnt a prerequisite to feeling it. We dont have to understand things in order to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-dont-understand-but-understanding-something-isnt-a-prerequisite-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/anonymous-1_feelings_i-dont-understand-but-understanding-some_1584021.jpg) > [I think he's beginning to understand, and understanding is a horrible thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/i-think-he-s-beginning-to-understand-and-understanding-is-a-horrible/) [Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/lauren-destefano-892_horrible_i-think-he-s-beginning-to-understand-and_2594100.png) > [Writing about people helps us to understand them, and understanding them helps us to accept them as part of ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/writing-about-people-helps-us-to-understand-them-and-understanding/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/alice-walker-347_accepting_writing-about-people-helps-us-to-underst_2098508.png) > [There is not first understanding and then action. When you understand, that very understanding is action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/there-is-not-first-understanding-and-then-action-when-you-understand/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_action_there-is-not-first-understanding-and-the_2159268.jpg) > [The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/the-world-isn-t-just-the-way-it-is-it-is-how-we-understand-it-no-and/) [Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/ritu-ghatourey-5_life_the-world-isn-t-just-the-way-it-is-it-is_129096.jpg) > [When you're young your mother shields you from the world because she thinks you're too young to understand, and when she's old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-pearson/when-you-re-young-your-mother-shields-you-from-the-world-because-she/) [Allison Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-pearson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/allison-pearson-10663_curves_when-you-re-young-your-mother-shields-yo_498209.jpg) > [“No one will ever understand you. Realizing this is freedom. No one will ever understand you—not once, not ever. Even at our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-katie/no-one-will-ever-understand-you-realizing-this-is-freedom-no-one-will/) [Byron Katie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-katie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/byron-katie-553_freedom_no-one-will-ever-understand-you-realizin_1692539.jpg) > [“The word isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/the-word-isn-t-just-the-way-it-is-it-is-how-we-understand-it-no-and/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bd/yann-martel-395_language_the-word-isn-t-just-the-way-it-is-it-is_11108.jpg) > [“I don't understand, but understanding something isn't a prerequisite to feeling it. We don't have to understand things in order to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-james-riebock/i-don-t-understand-but-understanding-something-isn-t-a-prerequisite/) [Josh James Riebock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-james-riebock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae6/josh-james-riebock-72874_learning_i-don-t-understand-but-understanding-som_1102466.jpg) > [“Many seek the path of judgment rather than the path of understanding. But how do you judge what you do not understand.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/many-seek-the-path-of-judgment-rather-than-the-path-of-understanding/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/anonymous-1_learning_many-seek-the-path-of-judgment-rather-th_1788704.jpg) > [Is it possible that there is something we don't fully understand about God and about Life, the understanding of which would change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neale-donald-walsch/is-it-possible-that-there-is-something-we-don-t-fully-understand/) [Neale Donald Walsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neale-donald-walsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/neale-donald-walsch-239_answers_is-it-possible-that-there-is-something-w_834182.jpg) > [When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love. Love is the missing factor; there is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-i-understand-myself-i-understand-you-and-out-of-that/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/anonymous-1_action_when-i-understand-myself-i-understand-yo_937703.jpg) > [Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge. You have to be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/guarding-knowledge-is-not-a-good-way-to-understand-understanding-2/) [Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03d/nhat-hanh-515_able_guarding-knowledge-is-not-a-good-way-to_1879361.png) > [“I mean that memory and association come before comprehension, so that one ought to know all good things—fa—with familiarity before one can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-mary-yonge/i-mean-that-memory-and-association-come-before-comprehension-so-that/) [Charlotte Mary Yonge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-mary-yonge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/charlotte-mary-yonge-15203_comprehension_i-mean-that-memory-and-association-come_2798768.jpg) > [“There is something the child sees that he does not see; something the child hears that he does not hear; and this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/there-is-something-the-child-sees-that-he-does-not-see-something-the/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/friedrich-nietzsche-15_aging_there-is-something-the-child-sees-that-h_2547995.jpg) > [“When we say we understand something, but we do not experience it, we do not understand it. Understanding and experiencing are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raphael-zernoff/when-we-say-we-understand-something-but-we-do-not-experience-it-we-do/) [Raphael Zernoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raphael-zernoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/raphael-zernoff-6265_awareness_when-we-say-we-understand-something-but_1742860.jpg) > [Then we will understand that infinity was somewhere in our breath and that our Destiny is nothing else that the echo of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sorin-cerin/then-we-will-understand-that-infinity-was-somewhere-in-our-breath-and/) [Sorin Cerin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sorin-cerin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/sorin-cerin-893_famous-love_then-we-will-understand-that-infinity-wa_3106975.jpg) > [“I read a page of Plato's great work. I can no longer understand anything, because behind the words on the page, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/i-read-a-page-of-plato-s-great-work-i-can-no-longer-understand/) [Eugène Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/eug-ne-ionesco-1878_beyond-words_i-read-a-page-of-plato-s-great-work-i-ca_257929.jpg) > [When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/when-i-understand-myself-i-understand-you-and-out-of-that-2/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_learning_when-i-understand-myself-i-understand-yo_1706387.jpg) > [“...There's a lot I don't understand...but not understanding is better not believing" - Ambrose”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/there-s-a-lot-i-don-t-understand-but-not-understanding-is-better-not/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/amy-harmon-1093_belief_there-s-a-lot-i-don-t-understand-but-not_1815755.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/understand-understanding/#itemlist", "name": "Understand Understanding Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. 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We don't have to understand things in order to be affected by them.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Josh James Riebock" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-james-riebock/i-don-t-understand-but-understanding-something-isn-t-a-prerequisite/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae6/josh-james-riebock-72874_learning_i-don-t-understand-but-understanding-som_1102466.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae6/josh-james-riebock-72874_learning_i-don-t-understand-but-understanding-som_1102466.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae6/josh-james-riebock-72874_learning_i-don-t-understand-but-understanding-som_1102466.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't understand, but understanding something isn't a prerequisite to feeling it. 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Oh! one does that before, and, when the first little gleam, little bit of a sparklet of the meaning does come, then it is so valuable and so delightful.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlotte Mary Yonge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-mary-yonge/i-mean-that-memory-and-association-come-before-comprehension-so-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/charlotte-mary-yonge-15203_comprehension_i-mean-that-memory-and-association-come_2798768.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/charlotte-mary-yonge-15203_comprehension_i-mean-that-memory-and-association-come_2798768.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/charlotte-mary-yonge-15203_comprehension_i-mean-that-memory-and-association-come_2798768.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I mean that memory and association come before comprehension, so that one ought to know all good…” — Charlotte Mary Yonge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 19, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There is something the child sees that he does not see; something the child hears that he does not hear; and this something is the most important thing of all. 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Then it will be impossible to know without knowing what you know, to understand without understanding what you understand, to hope without hoping in what you hope and, finally, receive the divinity lost or taken away by those who wanted to know by knowing what they want to know, to see by understanding what they wanted to see, to understand by understanding the meaning. Where did that lead them: to absurd! 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