Quotes About Comprehension

It is a good thing to have two ways of looking at a subject, and to admit that there are two ways of looking at it.

By the study of Boltzmann I have been unable to understand him. He could not understand me on account of my shortness, and his length was and is an equal stumbling block to me.

the Comprehension Hypothesis,12 elaborated by Stephen Krashen in the early 1980s. It holds that one factor above all is responsible for second language acquisition: comprehensible input in that language.

Knowledge is not power

One must know the problem better than the solution, or the solution becomes the problem.

What do you mean exactly? Sounds like you figured something out.

It saddens me how little you grasp," the woman responded. "Truly.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

Si me lo dices, lo olvidaré; enséñamelo y lo recordaré; involúcrame y lo comprenderé»

I know that to personalize the Earth System as Gaia, as I have often done and continue to do in this book, irritates the scientifically correct, but I am unrepentant because metaphors are more than ever needed for a widespread comprehension of the true nature of the Earth and an understanding of the lethal dangers that lie ahead.

We are only prepared to receive and comprehend the grace of God when we have understood His infinite holiness and our incredible sinfulness.

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man who knows what the law is today can guess what is will be tomorrow

The frontiers of knowledge in the various fields of our subject are expanding at such a rate that, work as hard as one can, one finds oneself further and further away from an understanding of the whole.

I ran my fingers through my hair. We'd been together for nearly twenty minutes, and I still didn't know what he was talking about. "Sit here," I told Bigs. "And don't chew on the furniture while I'm gone.

Linda tousled his hair. "What about us girls?" Jason blushed. "You know what I meant." "I know." Linda leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "Thanks." Jason turned an uncomfortable shade of purple.

True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.

Good writers are good readers.

could heard him.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words." — JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

When I read aloud," Lincoln later explained, "two senses catch the idea: first, I see what I read; second, I hear it, and therefore I remember it better.

el libro está vivo y es poderoso, fructificador y capaz de promover el pensamiento y la discusión solamente cuando su forma, intencionalidad y plan no se comprenden, debido a que el momento de captar la forma, la intencionalidad y el plan coincide con el momento en que no queda ya nada por extraer.

This is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.

But she grasped points quickly and put them in simple terms. There is a type of mind, like Willi's, that can only accept ideas if they are put in the language he would use himself.

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.