“Mutual understanding is of critical importance. There are those who say that ‘understanding’ is merely the sum total of our misunderstandings”
“Understanding is but the sum of misunderstandings.”
“On the flip side of everything we think we absolutely have pegged lurks an equal amount of the unknown. Understanding is but the sum of our misunderstandings.”
“Each work of criticism is supposed to build on the body of work, to increase the total sum of human understanding. It's not like filling your house with more and more beautiful wicker baskets. It's supposed to be cumulative - it believes in progress.”
“Understanding, as we understand it, is misunderstanding.”
“The history of mankind is the history of our misunderstandings with god, for he doesn't understand us, and we don't understand him.”