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

If you cannot understand something, then you have understood it incorrectly.

Not to understand is profound; to understand is shallow. Not to understand is to be on the inside; to understand is to be on the outside.

Understanding is not such that we either enjoy it or lack it altogether. To be human and to be aware is to encounter only what is in some manner understood. Thus, it may be said that understanding is an unsought condition; we inexorably inhabit a world of intelligibles.

The thrust of our message must be that there are things we don't know and it's okay not to know— even in death. Not claiming to know something you don't know isn't a character flaw, it is a virtue.

The most essential prerequisite to understanding is to be able to admit when you don't understand something

Understanding, as we understand it, is misunderstanding.

When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.

Therefore understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.

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

There is a difference between not understanding and being willfully obtuse.

Knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing.

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.