Quotes About Comprehension

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.

We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

Being that can be understood is language.

Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best.

Speak to people according to the development of their consciousness, for if you speak all things to all people, some cannot understand you and so fall into errors!

First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.

Lack of understanding is always painful.

Hear the meaning within the word.

It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawn mower, snowblower and vacuum cleaner.

If I listen long enough, the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.

Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.

Reductionism is merciless.

Speaking is half his that speaks, and half his that hears.

I tell you and you forget. I show you and you remember. I involve you and you understand.

I think I know what it is but don't ask me to play it

There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally.

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

Like all great teachers he knew that a picture is worth a thousand words and that people learn most quickly by doing something or seeing something done.

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.

Confidence comes from seeing so many sides, angles, views, and tangents. Because when you do select an approach or direction, you are doing so with better/ more complete information.

To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.