Understood Quotes - Page 6
"Ode on a Grecian Urn" l. 46 (1820)
The nourishing fruit of the historically understood contains time as a precious but tasteless seed.
Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt (1968). “Illuminations”, Schocken Books Incorporated
It's far less important to me to be liked these days than to be understood.
Lionel Shriver (2011). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.4, Counterpoint Press
Jamie Tworkowski (2015). “If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For”, p.43, Penguin
You'll understand when you've forgotten what you understood before
Italo Calvino (2014). “The Complete Cosmicomics”, p.204, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
I'm just a soul whose intentions are good Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Song: Oh Marcello, Album: What We Saw From The Cheap Seats, 2012
Fairly examined, truly understood, No man is wholly bad, nor wholly good.
Theognis of Megara, “Human Nature”
Religion, it must be understood, is not faith. Religion is the story of faith.
"No God But God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam". Book by Reza Aslan, 2005.