Air Quote by William Hazlitt

Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.

— John Bunyan

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Understanding is not a piercing of the mystery, but an acceptance of it, a living blissfully with it, in it, through and by it.

— Henry Miller

True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear

— Zhuangzi

Depth of understanding involves something which is more than merely a matter of deconstructive alertness; it involves a measure of interpretative charity and at…

— Stefan Collini

Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

On the surface, an intelligible lie; underneath, the unintelligible truth.

— Milan Kundera

Apparent confusion is a product of good order; apparent cowardice, of courage; apparent weakness, of strength.

— Sun Tzu

The moment of truth, the sudden emergence of a new insight, is an act of intuition. Such intuitions give the appearance of miraculous flushes,…

— Arthur Koestler

Our chronic discomfort with ambiguity - which, ironically, is critical to both our creativity and the richness of our lives - leads us to…

— Maria Popova

Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, filmmaking, business - everything. I think you could have an intellectual ability, but if you can…

— David Lynch

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

— Norman Vincent Peale