The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men. Bertrand Russell
Do you understand? Leon: The Professional 1994 starring Jean Reno & Gary Oldman & Natalie Portman & Danny Aiello & Michael Badalucco & Ellen Greene & Willi One Blood & Don Creech & Adam Busch et al, director Luc Besson, Leon to ‘fat fucker’
‘The joy of understanding – that is the most noble of pleasures.’ Inside the Mind of Leonardo starring Peter Capaldi, Sky Arts 2013
The Bajorans who have lived with us on this station, who have worked with us for months, who helped us move this station to protect the wormhole, who joined us to explore the Gamma Quadrant, who have begun to build the future of Bajor with us. These people know that we are neither the enemy nor the devil. We don’t always agree. We have some damn good fights, in fact. But we always come away from them with a little better understanding and appreciation of the other. You won’t succeed here. The school will reopen. And when your rhetoric gets old, the Bajoran parents will bring their children back. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine s1e20: In the Hands of the Prophets, Sisko
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding. Isaac Newton
How can you expect a man who’s warm to understand one who’s cold? Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent. Mme de Stael, Corinne, 1807
When men understand what each other mean, they see, for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless. John Henry Newman, Faith and Reason
And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. I Kings 4:27-33
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. Job 12:12
Hast thou heard the secret of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us? Job 15:8&9
Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding? Job 28:20
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. Job 28:28
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. Proverbs 2:7&8
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. Proverbs 3:13
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Proverbs 4:5-7
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. Proverbs 9:9-10
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. Proverbs 10:13&14
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. Proverbs 10:23
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. Proverbs 11:12
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. Proverbs 14:1&6&16&33
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. Proverbs 15:7&14
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. Proverbs 16:16&21-23
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. Proverbs 17:24
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. Proverbs 18:1&2
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. Proverbs 19:8
Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love. John Steinbeck
Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Why should things be easy to understand? Thomas Pynchon
The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. John Locke
I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying. Oscar Wilde
A person hears only what they understand. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Lock the door. Nobody gets in or out. Don’t call anybody. Don’t touch anything. Don’t fucking move, you understand? Do you understand? Ray Donovan s6e2: Staten Island II, Ray to woman murderer, Showtime 2018