Wideand undetermined prospects areas pleasing tothe fancy, as the speculations of eternity or infinitude are to the understanding.

-Addison,Joseph
  In The Spectator, no.412, 23  Jun.

Her mind was less difficult to develop. She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper.

-Austen,Jane
  Of Mrs Bennet. Pride and Prejudice, ch.1.

Pluralismöthat is, the conception that there are many different ends that men may seek and still be fully rational, fully men, capable of understanding each other and sympathising and deriving light from each other.

-Berlin, Sir Isaiah
  The Crooked Timber of Humanity,'The Pursuit of the Ideal'.

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Job12:12.

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Job 38:2^4.

I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms119:99.

The entrance of thy wordsgiveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms119:130.

   Trust in the L with all thine heart; and lean not unto Psalms thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDProverbs 3:5^6.

  Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Proverbs 4:7.

Miss not the discourse of the elders: for theyalso learned of their fathers, and of them thou shalt learn understanding, and to give answer as need requireth.

-Bible (Apocrypha)
Ecclesiasticus 8:9.

Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

-Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett
  The Cynic's Word Book. Retitled  The Devil's Dictionary (1911).

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keepyourheartsandmindsintheknowledgeand love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord: And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you and remain with you always. Amen.

-Book of Common Prayer
Holy Communion, Blessing.

De tant comme femmes ont le corps plus delie que les hommes, plus foible et moins habille a plusieurs choses faire, de tant ont elles l'entendement plus a delivre et plus agu ou elles s'appliquent. Just as women's bodies are more delicate than men's, weaker and less able for many things, so, where they apply themselves, their understanding is freer and sharper.

-Christine de Pisan
  Le livre de la Cite¤   des Dames, bk.1, ch.27.

Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.

-Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
  Biographia Literaria, ch.12.

They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.

-Dryden,John
  'The  Author's  Apology for Heroic Poetry and Heroic Licence', an essay prefacing State of Innocence, a libretto based on Paradise Lost.

Next to the coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.

-Etherege, Sir George
  The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter, act1, sc.1.

With lack of sleep and too much understanding I grow a little crazy,Ithink, likeall menat seawho livetoo closeto each other and too close thereby to all that is monstrous under the sun and moon.

-Golding, Sir William (Gerald)
  Rites of Passage, closing words.

Sir,Ihave found youanargument; but Iam not obligedto find you an understanding.

-Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson
  Remark,  Jun. Quoted in  James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol.4.

   He showed me something small, no bigger than a hazelnut, lying in the palm of my hand, as it seemed to me, and it was as round as a ball. I looked at it with the eye of my understanding, and thought: What can this be? I was amazed that it could last, for I thought that because of its littleness it would suddenly have fallen intonothing. And Iwas answered inmy understanding: It lasts and always will, because God loves it; and thus every thing has being through the love of God.

-Julian of Norwich known as LadyJulian
^c.1393  Revelations of Divine Love, ch.5.

DerVerstand vermag nichts anzuschauen, und die Sinne nichts zu denken. Nur daraus, dass sie sich vereinigen, kann Erkenntnis entspringen. The understanding can intuit nothing, the senses can think nothing.Only through their union can knowledge arise.

-Kant, Immanuel
Kritik der reinen Vernunft (Critique of Pure Reason), B75 (translated by N Kemp Smith).