Famous quotes containing the word understand:
“Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his dwelling! I would lay my case before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. I would learn what he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; but he would give heed to me. There an upright person could reason with him, and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Job 23:3-7.
Job, of God.
“To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.”
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (12180)
“When a person doesnt understand something, he feels internal discord: however he doesnt search for that discord in himself, as he should, but searches outside of himself. Thence a war develops with that which he doesnt understand.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (18601904)