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> [People fail to understand that unless they are themselves willing to give, they will never receive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-vincent-peale/people-fail-to-understand-that-unless-they-are-themselves-willing-to/)

[Norman Vincent Peale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-vincent-peale/)

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> [A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/a-man-doesn-t-learn-to-understand-anything-unless-he-loves-it/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/you-do-not-really-understand-something-unless-you-can-explain-it-to/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/albert-einstein-33_explain_you-do-not-really-understand-something-u_202782.jpg)

> [You won't understand me unless you understand that I am an odd ball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/you-won-t-understand-me-unless-you-understand-that-i-am-an-odd-ball/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

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> [“You can’t understand anything unless you unless you understand everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huston-smith/you-can-t-understand-anything-unless-you-unless-you-understand/)

[Huston Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huston-smith/)

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> [How can we truly understand who we are unless we know who we were and what we have the power to become?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-a-maxwell/how-can-we-truly-understand-who-we-are-unless-we-know-who-we-were-and/)

[Neal A. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-a-maxwell/)

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> [Don't question what you don't understand unless you're asking questions seeking to understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-question-what-you-don-t-understand-unless-you-re-asking/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [You don't understand anything unless you understand there are at least 3 ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marvin-minsky/you-don-t-understand-anything-unless-you-understand-there-are-at/)

[Marvin Minsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marvin-minsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/marvin-minsky-7760_constraints_you-don-t-understand-anything-unless-you_1096657.jpg)

> [I don't know about understood. I think that unless you are forced to understand - unless it is an issue of yours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/i-don-t-know-about-understood-i-think-that-unless-you-are-forced-to/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/carrie-fisher-927_bother_i-don-t-know-about-understood-i-think-th_1310071.jpg)

> [It is not enough to understand what we ought to be, unless we know what we are; and we do not understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/it-is-not-enough-to-understand-what-we-ought-to-be-unless-we-know/)

[T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5e/t-s-eliot-633_enough_it-is-not-enough-to-understand-what-we-o_1435660.png)

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