do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?

We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary--to understand other people.--George MacDonald

It is a luxury to be understood.--Ralph Waldo Emerson

It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you.--Ian McEwan