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is not a bad thing if one considers that all the greats from socrates to Jesus were misunderstood.

Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood' Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.

is inevitable. Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.

Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.

is ubiquitous. No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

is the sole means through which the world progresses.

The world progresses only through misunderstanding. Charles Baudelaire

is the steep price one pays for trying to protect oneself against criticism or rejection. Being misunderstood in this way paradoxically makes one lose touch with the real self one sets out to protect.

We camouflage our true being before others to protect ourselves against criticism or rejection. This protection comes at a steep price. . . we are misunderstood. When we are misunderstood, especially by family and friends, we join the 'lonely crowd.' Worse. . . we tend to lose touch with our real selves. (Sidney Jourard)

is the universal mode by which all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree.

It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree. (Charles Baudelaire)

is unpopular. To be misunderstood is to be hated by men, and to be understood makes them furious.

Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious.

is to be counted on. Nothing is so simple it cannot be misunderstood.

Nothing is so simple it cannot be misunderstood.

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