Quote by John Berger

Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won't do what you've done before.

— Alan Alda

“Comprehension is the ability to follow an explanation. Understanding is the ability to be able to lead if needed.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

If we are understood, more words are unnecessary; if we are not likely to be understood, they are useless.

— Charles II of England

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

— Anonymous

“Do not confuse understanding with a larger vocabulary,”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Every word or concept, clear as it may seem to be, has only a limited range of applicability.

— Werner Heisenberg

Words are an imperfect medium for explaining.

— Celeste Ng

You have certainly observed the curious fact that a given word which is perfectly clear when you hear it or use it in everyday…

— Paul Valery

Nowadays to be intelligible is to be found out.

— Oscar Wilde

“Immaturity is the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance from another.”

— Jon Meacham

Explaining something makes it go away, so to speak; what's important is left after you have explained everything else.

— Edward Gorey

People always tend to give the benefit of the doubt to allow people to explain the context [of their words].

— Keli Goff