Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand.

If I let myself really understand another person, I might be changed by that understanding. And we all fear change. So, as I say, it is not an easy thing to permit oneself to understand an individual.

When someone expresses some feeling or attitude or belief, our tendency is, almost immediately, to feel “That’s right”; or “That’s stupid”; “That’s abnormal”; “That’s unreasonable”; “That’s incorrect”; “That’s not nice.” Very rarely do we permit ourselves to understand precisely what the meaning of his statement is to him. I believe this is because understanding is risky. If I let myself really understand another person, I might be changed by that understanding. And we all fear change. So as I say, it is not an easy thing to permit oneself to understand an individual, to enter thoroughly and completely and empathically into his frame of reference. It is also a rare thing.

Being able to communicate with someone doesn’t necessarily mean that you understand them.

If I let myself really understand another person, I might be changed by that understanding. And we all fear change. So as I say, it is not an easy thing to permit oneself to understand an individual,

The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.

Be patient with the belligerence of the simple-minded. It is not easy to understand that one doesn’t understand

Times when I understand myself a little, I understand others less.

I would like to understand things better, but I don’t want to understand them perfectly.

The only way to communicate is to understand what it is like not to understand. It is at that moment that you can make something understandable.

Las veces que me comprendo un poco, comprendo menos a los demás.

It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand...

I hope they understand that I really understand
That they don't understand

I feel that now I can’t always reach an understanding with someone, especially with people of an older generation. I find it difficult in this situation, because they think differently. Naturally, people cannot think alike, but they must understand each other. That's why they are people.