Misunderstanding Quotes

317 quotes by 255 authors

I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident -… — Alanis Morissette
The word 'Christianity' is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross. — Friedrich Nietzsche
When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is… — Jean Rostand
Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding. — Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. — Albert Schweitzer
I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims… — Max von Sydow
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood. — Henry David Thoreau
Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. — Lionel Trilling
Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings. — Francois Truffaut
The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and… — John Yoo
There did not have to be a moral. She need only show separate minds, as alive as her own, struggling with the idea that other… — Ian Mcewan
Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be. — Toni Morrison
Many of you have already found out, and others will find out in the course of their lives, that truth eludes us if we do… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Nothing is more natural than mutual misunderstanding; the contrary is always surprising. I believe that one never agrees on anything except by mistake, and that… — Paul Valery
Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple… — Ian Mcewan
Misunderstanding is my cornerstone. It's everyone's, come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. — Barbara Kingsolver
We must be trained to clarify minds, heal broken hearts, and create homes where sunshine will make an environment in which mental and spiritual health… — Spencer W. Kimball
I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings." -from the… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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