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title: "19 Understood World Quotes by 19 authors"
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> [“It is understood that the world does not want to be understood. The world would not be this world if it did.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-z-danielewski/it-is-understood-that-the-world-does-not-want-to-be-understood-the/)

[Mark Z. Danielewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-z-danielewski/)

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> [Photography is the only language that can be understood anywhere in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-barbey/photography-is-the-only-language-that-can-be-understood-anywhere-in/)

[Bruno Barbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-barbey/)

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> [It has to be understood that the world doesn't exist with people who are exactly like us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-i/it-has-to-be-understood-that-the-world-doesn-t-exist-with-people-who/)

[T.I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-i/)

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> [“When you maintain silence, you would have said to have understood the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/when-you-maintain-silence-you-would-have-said-to-have-understood-the/)

[Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/)

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> [As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and understood in this world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-pasternak/as-in-an-explosion-i-would-erupt-with-all-the-wonderful-things-i-saw/)

[Boris Pasternak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-pasternak/)

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> [And we went our separate ways without having understood each other. As in this world nobody understands the other easily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/and-we-went-our-separate-ways-without-having-understood-each-other-as/)

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

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> [The human species produces a certain percentage of scum. That is the way in which I have understood the world my whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-prager/the-human-species-produces-a-certain-percentage-of-scum-that-is-the/)

[Dennis Prager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-prager/)

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> [“I finally understood that what we put into the world, into the universe, often has a way of coming right back to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-kendall/i-finally-understood-that-what-we-put-into-the-world-into-the/)

[Andrew Kendall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-kendall/)

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> [Ever since I was young I never understood anything about the world and anything that happened in my life. The only thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boy-meets-world/ever-since-i-was-young-i-never-understood-anything-about-the-world/)

[Boy Meets World](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boy-meets-world/)

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> [“I thought everything in the world was already discovered. Already in my books. A lot of dead stuff that put me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/i-thought-everything-in-the-world-was-already-discovered-already-in/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

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> [“What she didn’t understand when she was fourteen, but understood very well now, was that not everyone in the world could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/what-she-didn-t-understand-when-she-was-fourteen-but-understood-very/)

[Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/)

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> [“But we have not understood the world; how its way is to destroy without destroying, the way air levels a mountain; things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-williamson/but-we-have-not-understood-the-world-how-its-way-is-to-destroy/)

[Alan Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-williamson/)

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> [Inside the heart of each and every one of us there is a longing to be understood by someone who really cares.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rev-ed-hird/inside-the-heart-of-each-and-every-one-of-us-there-is-a-longing-to-be/)

[Rev Ed Hird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rev-ed-hird/)

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> [Twenty-five hundred years ago it might have been said that man understood himself as well as any other part of the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-f-skinner/twenty-five-hundred-years-ago-it-might-have-been-said-that-man/)

[B. F. Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-f-skinner/)

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> [In our own time, through integrative sciences like ecology and animal behavior and psychology we have re-understood what was forgotten during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/in-our-own-time-through-integrative-sciences-like-ecology-and-animal/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

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> [“In 1965, worked with Nite Owl bringing street gangs under control. Tackled the Big Figure together. Brought down Underboss together. Good team.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-moore/in-1965-worked-with-nite-owl-bringing-street-gangs-under-control/)

[Alan Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-moore/)

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> [“If Froi understood anything, it was that in this world one's worth came from others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/if-froi-understood-anything-it-was-that-in-this-world-one-s-worth/)

[Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/)

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> [If you haven't understood the world you're living in, it's impossible to think that the solution you're coming up with fits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-obeng/if-you-haven-t-understood-the-world-you-re-living-in-it-s-impossible/)

[Eddie Obeng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-obeng/)

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> [If we understood the world, we would realize that there is a logic of harmony underlying its manifold apparent dissonances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-sibelius/if-we-understood-the-world-we-would-realize-that-there-is-a-logic-of/)

[Jean Sibelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-sibelius/)

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