Canzone 105, st. 2
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life
Intendami chi po', ch'i' m'intend'io.
num. IX secondo Marsand; canz. XI secondo Mestica; v. 17
Sonetto in vita di M. Laura
Variant: Intendami chi pò, ch'i' m'intend'io.
Source: Quotes of Salvador Dali, 1931 - 1940, My Pictorial Struggle', S. Dali, 1935, Chapter: 'My Pictorial Struggle', p. 11
“I want, by understanding myself, to understand others.”
Journal entry (14 October 1922), published in The Journal of Katherine Mansfield (1927)
Context: By health I mean the power to live a full, adult, living, breathing life in close contact with what I love — the earth and the wonders thereof — the sea — the sun, all that we mean when we speak of the external world. I want to enter into it, to be part of it, to live in it, to learn from it, to lose all that is superficial and acquired in me and to become a conscious, direct human being. I want, by understanding myself, to understand others.
“When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love.”
Source: The Metamorphosis (1915)
Interview with Detective Dennis Couch, days before his execution. http://www.good4utah.com/contact/marcos-ortiz/ted-bundys-utah-confession
“Times when I understand myself a little, I understand others less.”
Las veces que me comprendo un poco, comprendo menos a los demás.
Voces (1943)
“Since others have explained my theory, I can no longer understand it myself.”
Source: Attributed in posthumous publications, Einstein and the Poet (1983), p. 13
“In order to understand, I destroyed myself.”
A Factless Autobiography, Richard Zenith Edition, Lisbon, 2006, p. 73
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Para compreender, destruí-me.
Nora Helmer, Act III
A Doll's House (1879)
Context: If I'm ever to reach any understanding of myself and the things around me, I must learn to stand alone. That's why I can't stay here with you any longer.
“Liberals can understand everything but people
who don't understand them.”
