Peace is in the house of the enemy where one has been forbidden to go.

We all have a limited imagination when it comes to understanding people radically different from ourselves.

Music's power is like love's power: it can be felt but not understood.

Thinking is irrelevant to any profound understanding of the world.

Life only puzzles us because we're not simple enough to understand it.

I understand life perfectly; it's people I don't understand.

It is easy, too easy, to prefer books to people, since books are so much easier to understand.

The brightest stars don't necessarily give the most light.

Intelligence is quick, understanding slow.