People are always trying to understand.
There is only one way to do that.
It is to discover < + i + >why< + i + > you want to understand.

Talent is the presence of ability and absence of understanding about the source and operation of knowledge.

Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise.

Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.

A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.

Teach honesty by all means - you do know what it is, don't you?