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To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue
We only understand that which is already within us
All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love
Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand
It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot
To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect
Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding
To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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