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That must be wonderful: I don't understand it at all
Perfect clarity would profit the intellect but damage the will
No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth
A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us
Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess
No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others
A person hears only what they understand
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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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