To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me. – Isaac Newton

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding. – Isaac Newton

In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth. – Xun Zi

It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject; the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual. – Alexander Fleming

Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of the other; and when man is able to comprehend certain things, it does not follow that he must be able to understand everything. – Maimonides

Large skepticism leads to large understanding. Small skepticism leads to small understanding. No skepticism leads to no understanding. – Xi Zhi

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. – Elvis Presley

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason. – Immanuel Kant

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. – Marie Currie

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. – Confucius

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge. – Confucius

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. – Albert Einstein

In youth we learn; in age we understand. – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. – Galileo Galilei

If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is. – Angelina Jolie