Quotes About Comprehension

For conclusion, I say the philosopher teacheth, but he teacheth obscurely, so as the learned only can understand him; that is to say, he teacheth them that are already taught.

No one ever taught me and I can't teach anyone. If you can't explain it, how can you take credit for it?

If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?

I never think my music isn't easy until I got to teach it to other people.

I remember when I was a kid in school and teachers would explain things to me about what I read, and I'd think, Where did they get that? I didn't read that in there. Later you look at it and think, That's kind of an interesting idea.

People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.

It's not the teaching, it's the learning.

When you're teaching a hard concept and the students all have puzzled looks on their faces and then suddenly you can see that 'aha' moment, that they got it, that's just an incredible thing.

Because sometimes, a person can get so caught up in the details that they miss the whole.

Moonshine. I get it now.

Step 2. Backtrack. One form of giving feedback is backtracking, or repeating back some of the actual words that other people are using. This sends a clear signal that you are listening and that you consider what the other people are saying to be important.

Step 3. Clarify. Having heard what they have to say, begin to gather information about the meaning of their communication.

Is this what you're trying to tell me?" "Is this the point you're making to me today?" "Is this what you want me to get from this conversation?" "Is this what you want me to do after we're done talking?" "Is this how I need to respond?" "Is there anything else I need to know about this?

It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.

It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.

A wise man listens to gain knowledge and not to debate.

Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.

There is something to be gained with each misstep that is ultimately understood.

My cat speaks sign language with her tail.

Haven't you noticed by this time that everyone's lives are full of things you can't understand? The exceptional thing is the thing you can understand.

Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.

Cognitively, grasp of just one concept is the sound of one hand clapping.

Victor Hugo said it well. 'To understand all is to forgive all.