The fact that you are willing to say, 'I do not understand, and it is fine,' is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are clear cases in which 'understanding' literally applies and clear cases in which it does not apply; and these two sorts of cases are all I need for this argument.
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 was trying to find out what it was that everybody else understood without giving up my stubborn and hard-won lack of understanding.
If you really understand something, you can say it in the fewest words, instead of thrashing about.
Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.
Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.
Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.
You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.
When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything.
If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well.