I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Misunderstanding causes pain, but being fully understood would cause even greater suffering.
- In plain terms
- Misunderstanding hurts but being fully understood hurts more.
- What can you take from it?
- Avoid deep scrutiny if it causes more pain than being misunderstood.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is it better to be right or understood?
- What does being fully known cost?
Another view
Being understood can also bring relief and connection.
More from Clarence Darrow
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most adaptable to change.
Permalink to quote #20 As long as the world shall last, there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
Permalink to quote #22 History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.
Permalink to quote #19
Related quotes
Oh, no no no, it was too cold always (Still the dead one lay moaning) I was much too far out all my life And not waving but drowning.
Stevie SmithStevie Smith quote #2 'Valttelevista lausunnoista on ymmarrettavasti syntynyt epajohdonmukainen kuva. Uskon, etta nyt esittamieni tietojen valossa muodostuu oikea kuva.' ('It's unde…
Anneli JaatteenmakiAnneli Jaatteenmaki quote #6 Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw quote #13