Quotes About Comprehension

Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes — I mean the universe — but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols, in which it is written. This book is written in the mathematical language, and the symbols are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without whose help it is impossible to comprehend a single word of it; without which one wanders in vain through a dark labyrinth.

Philosophy is written in this all-encompassing book that is constantly open to our eyes, that is the universe; but it cannot be understood unless one first learns to understand the language and knows the characters in which it is written. It is written in mathematical language, and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometrical figures; without these it is humanly impossible to understand a word of it, and one wanders in a dark labyrinth.

This vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never understanding anything.

Please also feel free to read this case a few times as it may take a while to sink in.

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.

A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.

Film wise, I always just kind of watch the offense overall.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.

I would definitely agree that 'The Witch' doesn't leave much of anything to the imagination. There are some ambiguities about 'The Witch,' for sure, but all in all, it's pretty clear what's going on.

American audiences, a lot of people couldn't understand a word of 'The Witch.'

Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

Big History studies the history of everything, offering a way of making sense of our world and our role within it.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences. So they don't have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

It's always interesting to talk to people's moms or sisters or wives. It gives you a different perspective of somebody that everybody already thinks they knew.

Math does come easily to me, but I was always much more interested in what theorems imply about the world than in proving them.

The amount of detailed information which an individual has at his command and his theoretical elaborations of the same are mutually dependent; they grow in and through each other.

There is no complete theory of anything.

There is no body of theory or significant body of relevant information, beyond the comprehension of the layman, which makes policy immune from criticism.

I learned that there is an inner strength that blossoms when one cleanses themselves by processing and attempting to comprehend their situation and/or experience. Writing became my therapy!