Quotes About Comprehension

Always and everywhere people are to be found who have seen everything.

encompassed

The child watched its disappearance--he was astounded but dreamy. His stupefaction was complicated by a sense of the dark reality of existence. It seemed as if there were experience in this dawning being. Did he, perchance, already exercise judgment? Experience coming too early constructs, sometimes, in the obscure depths of a child's mind, some dangerous balance--we know not what--in which the poor little soul weighs God. Feeling himself innocent, he yielded. There was no complaint

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.

When a woman talks to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

Tous étant sourds pour lui, il n'avait pas été sourd pour elle

L'enfant, comme clou sur la roche que la marée haute commençait à baigner, regarda la barque s'éloigner. On eût dit qu'il comprenait. Quoi? Que comprenait-il? L'ombre.

Bien lire l'univers, c'est bien lire la vie.

Americans. They didn't listen.

mouth; Elsa understood. Saying these

so that he could hear the things she wasn't saying and understand that she was with him.

If you're going to be an expert in something, then you need to be an expert in all aspects of it. From what makes it work to what makes it desirable to what makes it flawed.

You know, you don't see with your eyes You see with your brain And the more words your brain has The more things you can see

I am not well read, but when I do read, I read well.

I'm not well-read, but when I read, I read well.

The more I think about language, the more it amazes me that people ever understand each other at all.

Since the composer has said everything, if you discover everything, it will be enough and you will be a happy man. Don't try to say it's your taste, and because of that you are changing this or that. And I must say this respect is still there.

Man muss nicht alles so genau verstehen, lesen genügt auch...

We may be the intelligent species, but we are certainly not the smartest!

Rigor is not an attribute of a text but rather a characteristic of our behavior with that text.

When reading a book, be very certain that you never go past a word you do not fully understand. The only reason a person gives up a study or becomes confused or unable to learn is because he or she has gone past a word that was not understood.

The world existed to be read. And I read it.

You can't know. You can't know until you know

My father says that intelligence is the ability to see reality quickly.