Source: The Inner Circle
“For a woman, there is nothing more erotic than being understood.”
“Religion has nothing more to fear than not being sufficiently understood.”
No. 36.
Maxims and Moral Sentences
As quoted in Our Precarious Habitat (1973) by Melvin A. Benarde, p. v
Hagakure (c. 1716)
Source: Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
Context: There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.
As Quoted in The Gerorgian Times in 2008 http://www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=12354.eng
“Understanding being nothing else, but conception caused by Speech.”
The First Part, Chapter 4, p. 17
Leviathan (1651)
“Gratitude is more of a compliment to yourself than someone else.”
Kalam (2018)
Source: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Business_In_Simple_Language/aiXfDwAAQBAJ
“Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood.”
Source: Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
