We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language that goes to his heart.

A professional soldier understands that war means killing people war means maiming people war means families left without fathers and mothers.

It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well one has at the same time insight into and understanding of many things.

Who hears me who understands me becomes mine a possession for all time.

It's very easy for me to say what success is. I think success is connecting with an audience who understands you and having a dialogue with them. I think success is continuing to push yourself forward creatively and not sort of becoming a caricature of yourself.

I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available knowable and recorded by everyone all the time.

At that time I feel sad and I feel no one knows how hard I work and how many tears. They only know the score. At that time I feel very lonely because no one understands since they haven't been world No. 1 before.

Nobody understands another's sorrow and nobody another's joy.