... teaching cannot be a process of transference of knowledge from the one teaching to the learner. This is the mechanical transference… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
'Tis certain that our senses are extremely disproportioned for comprehending the whole compass and latitude of things. — John Wilkins Copy Share Image
We love, while knowing that someday our love might be lost forever. We laugh as we stride along, even while recognising that… — Cecilia Dart-Thornton Copy Share Image
I believe in rendering to science the things that belong to science. I have no problem with evolution or discussions of the… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
According to the true Indian view, our consciousness of the world, merely as the sum total of things that exist, and as… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Bart Giamatti did not grow up (as he had dreamed) to play second base for the Red Sox. He became a professor… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
Symmetry, as wide or as narrow as you may define its meaning, is one idea by which man through the ages has… — Hermann Weyl Copy Share Image
Empathy involves the inner experience of sharing in and comprehending the momentary psychological state of another person. — Roy Schafer Copy Share Image
Human being is both being in the world and living in the world. Living involves responsible understanding of one's role in relation… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Elderly people and those in authority cannot always be relied upon to take enlightened and comprehending views of what they call the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours and aspirations… — Richardson Wright Copy Share Image
The war between authors and publishers has been a conflict of ages. On the one side, the publisher has been looked upon… — Mary Abigail Dodge Copy Share Image
In certain strains of Judaism, there's a profound passion for the ineffable. Contemplation of God is meant to be forever elusive, because,… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
I’m a big fan of parrots - I think they’re fascinating creatures. Many of them live for longer than us humans and… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face men of sense; he faces a mob of men… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Some of the smartest men have a hard time comprehending the obvious. — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
There was a blithe certainty that came from first comprehending the full Einstein field equations, arabesques of Greek letters clinging tenuously to… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
Creativity helps us realize that we don't have to understand everything. We can enjoy something -feel it and use it- without ever… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
Ordinary people who know nothing of phonetics or elocution have difficulties in understanding slow speech composed of perfect sounds, while they have… — Alexander Graham Bell Copy Share Image
When we consider that each of us has only one life to live, isn’t it rather tragic to find men and women,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our brains are not capable of comprehending the infinite so, instead, we ignore it and eat cheese on toast. — Jonathan Cainer Copy Share Image
The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
People who don’t know how to summarize have no dignity. Neither do people who needlessly drag on their messy lives. They who… — Young-Ha Kim Copy Share Image
The piecemeal criticism which, like the fly, scans only the edge of a plinth in the great edifice upon which it crawls,… — William Greenough Thayer Shedd Copy Share Image
When comprehending how different people truly are, you also comprehend the absolute necessity of some divine authority. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
