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title: "9 Understanding Better Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [“...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/)

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> [I may not know you, but I understand you; your feelings and your journey. And understanding someone is better than knowing them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanda-kaushik/i-may-not-know-you-but-i-understand-you-your-feelings-and-your/)

[Chanda Kaushik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanda-kaushik/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/chanda-kaushik-13629_compassion_i-may-not-know-you-but-i-understand-you_1120199.jpg)

> [The more knowledge you've got, the more understanding you have, the better you are able to implement and pass it on to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-orlando/the-more-knowledge-you-ve-got-the-more-understanding-you-have-the/)

[Tony Orlando](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-orlando/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b1/tony-orlando-45042_able_the-more-knowledge-you-ve-got-the-more-u_40855.png)

> [ Little by little, Leo \[Messi\] and I are understanding each other better. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neymar/little-by-little-leo-messi-and-i-are-understanding-each-other-better/)

[Neymar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neymar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/neymar-2716_better_little-by-little-leo-messi-and-i-are-und_60991.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/)

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> [Knowing something and understanding everything is better. Than knowing everything but don't understand anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pacifiersucker/knowing-something-and-understanding-everything-is-better-than-knowing/)

[Pacifiersucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pacifiersucker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/pacifiersucker-133_knowing_knowing-something-and-understanding-ever_2461069.jpg)

> [Understanding is better than ignorance. Ignorance, unlike life, unlike narrative, is static. Understanding implies a forward motion, thus the possibility of change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-charles-wilson/understanding-is-better-than-ignorance-ignorance-unlike-life-unlike/)

[Robert Charles Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-charles-wilson/)

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> [At the same time it offered the hope, as it still does, that improved understanding could better the lot of mankind. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-tobin/at-the-same-time-it-offered-the-hope-as-it-still-does-that-improved/)

[James Tobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-tobin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/james-tobin-35957_better_at-the-same-time-it-offered-the-hope-as_3203900.jpg)

> [An understanding is perhaps better than an alliance, which may stereotype arrangements which cannot be regarded as permanent in view of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/an-understanding-is-perhaps-better-than-an-alliance-which-may/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f9/anonymous-1_alliances_an-understanding-is-perhaps-better-than_1068408.jpg)

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