A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

It is a luxury to be understood.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth in him, if he rests at last on the divine soul, I see not how it can be otherwise

A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text