If you cannot understand something, then you have understood it incorrectly.

If you cannot think of three ways of abusing a tool, you do not understand how to use it.

What, for instance, does it mean to be insulted? [29] Stand by a rock and insult it, and what have you accomplished? If someone responds to insult like a rock, what has the abuser gained with his invective? If, however, he has his victim’s weakness to exploit, then his efforts are worth his while.

If I don't understand you, I may be angry at you, all the time. We are not capable of understanding each other, and that is the main source of human suffering.

One can not understand language because language cannot understand itself; does not want to understand

Remember that it is we who torment, we who make difficulties for ourselves – that is, our opinions do. What, for instance, does it mean to be insulted? Stand by a rock and insult it, and what have you accomplished? If someone responds to insult like a rock, what has the abuser gained with his invective?

If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, you probably will not.

People understand me so little that they do not even understand when I complain of being misunderstood.

People think you're crazy if you talk about things they don't understand.

Do you not think that there are things which you cannot understand, and yet which are; that some people see things that others cannot?

Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

I don't understand it, and I don't like what I don't understand.

If you don't understand and you love, that is not love; it is something else.