I was trying to find out what it was that everybody else understood without giving up my stubborn and hard-won lack of understanding.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.
I want to block some common misunderstandings about 'understanding': In many of these discussions one finds a lot of fancy footwork about the word 'understanding.'
I guess I'm quite used to not being understood rather than being understood.
You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.
It's hard for the majority of people to accept what they don't understand.
It's human desire to be understood. And we always feel we're not understood.
What I knew was I liked math and science, and I never wanted to memorize everything. I wanted to understand where it came from.
That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.
I liked things better when I didn't understand them.
The fact that you are willing to say, 'I do not understand, and it is fine,' is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.