We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work.

If acknowledging that racial misgivings and misunderstandings are still a part of politics and life in America I plead guilty.

In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding.

To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance the greater the possibility of misunderstanding.

The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda.

There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

When a scientist is ahead of his times it is often through misunderstanding of current rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day from some perspective appear prophetic.

I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.