Quotes About Comprehension

continuou a gritar, sem compreender que a vida, por si só, entrega-se a nós sem nenhum tipo de condição, e não há necessidade de justificá-la por meios especialmente mirabolantes.

If you wish to converse with me, define your terms

But you must have knowledge and know-how to interpret the meaning of what you observe

intelligence is evaluated by: doing... applying... acting... observing... understanding...thinking... using...etc.?

She learns, after she finishes the job, that she programmed very well the specifications as delivered to her, but that they were deficient. If she had only known the purpose of the program, she could have done it right for the purpose, even though the specifications were deficient.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

Real communication is impossible without listening.

Communication is not saying something; communication is being heard.

It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.

Talking about things that are understandable only weighs down the mind.

How well we communicate is determined not by how well we say things but how well we are understood.

Every act of communication is an act of translation.

If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.

We always speak well when we manage to be understood.

Most of the time, communication gets confused with conversation. In fact, the two are distinctly different.

Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

Knowing something for oneself or for communication to an expert colleague is not the same as knowing it for explanation to a student.

When we learn to speak, we learn to translate.

Only when you understand people, they may understand you. So even though you do not say anything, if you understand people there is some communication.

That which is communicated, i.e., understood, is metaphysical. The means of communication is physical.

No communication takes place until the other person feels heard

Communication is something so simple and difficult that we can never put it in simple words.

Content is built on communication. You can't learn anything if you haven't learned how to understand language, or to read.

Speech belongs half to the speaker, half to the listener. The latter must prepare to receive it according to the motion it takes.