Quotes About Comprehension

My God, it can recognise another human being when it's hit over the head with one.

This is not just primitive rural superstition; [juju] is practiced by all kinds of people, from illiterate herd boys to multi-dregreed university professors. If you don't understand the power of this belief, you will never truly grasp the rich albeit often incomprehensible spirituality of Africa.

They say you get out of life what you put in, but that is only true if you can understand what it is that you are getting.

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow

No matter how intelligent a man is, he can't see what he doesn't know how to see.

To claim power over what you do not understand is not wise, nor is the end of it likely to be good.

It is one of the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all there is to perceive.

The ability to know one's limitations, to recognize the bounds of one's own comprehension—this is a kind of knowing that approaches wisdom.

Als naturalisten en materialisten zijn wij een essentiële categorie kwijt geraak, namelijk die van het begrijpen van de onzichtbare werkelijkheid die van het paradoxale mysterie

There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally. As nearly as we can, we must put ourselves in the place of those who uttered the words, and try to divine how they would have dealt with the unforeseen situation; and, evidence of what they would have done, they are by no means final.

There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally. ... As nearly as we can, we must put ourselves in the place of those who uttered the words, and try to divine how they would have dealt with the unforeseen situation; and, although their words are by far the most decisive evidence of what they would have done, they are by no means final.

Seek to understand the root. It is futile to argue as to which single leaf, which design of branch, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.

I just figured that Bruce Banner had probably been a friend of Reed Richards, and Reed had given him some elastic trousers. There's an explanation for everything, but you may not be technically advanced enough to follow me on all of this.

I explained it loud and clear. What part of "meow" don't you understand?

I hold that it is only when we can prove everything we assert that we understand perfectly the thing under consideration.

Science ... is organized common sense.

silence. Finally, he said, "So you and

I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.

Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean that it's nonsense.

What you don't read is often as important as what you do read.

They can teach you anything. That doesn't mean you learn it. It doesn't mean you believe it.

No lo entendían, pero, como tantos otros sucesos desafortunados de la vida, no por no entenderlos dejan de ser ciertos

I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I read the same authors you do.

O!" Sunny shrieked. "O!" Klaus agreed. "O!" Sunny insisted. "Oh!" Klaus cried. "I see what you mean!...