Comprehension Quotes

211 quotes by 179 authors

We can arrive at a point of view where the preservation of the individual activities is no longer inconsistent with our comprehension of the cosmic… — Sri Aurobindo
The arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. ... They are essential to our comprehension… — Edward Albee
The scientist finds his reward in what Henri Poincare calls the joy of comprehension, and not in the possibility of application to which any discovery… — Albert Einstein
We tolerate, even promote, many things we once regarded as evil, wrong, or immoral. And then we seek "explanations" for an act that seems beyond… — Cal Thomas
You are the only person I know who has the same attitude towards physics as I have: belief in the comprehension of reality through something… — Albert Einstein
But pattern-matching doesn't equal comprehension. — Peter Watts
The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school. Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing… — Will Smith
What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]? That… — Newt Gingrich
People who lose children have their hearts warped into weird shapes. Some try to deny it has happened. Some pretend it hasn't. Losing friends or… — Michael Robotham
There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly and laughter. Since the first two are beyond our comprehension, we must do… — John F. Kennedy
I never am really satisfied that I understand anything; because, understand it well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of… — Ada Lovelace
I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of… — N. Scott Momaday
Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are Sovereign. There was a time… — Jefferson Davis
Most of us are conditioned for many years to have a political viewpoint - Republican or Democratic, liberal, conservative, or moderate. The fact of the… — John F. Kennedy
How blessed and amazing are God's gifts, dear friends! Life with immortality, splendor with righteous, truth with confidence, faith with assurance, self-control with holiness! And… — Pope Clement I
There is one thing that, when cultivated and regularly practiced, leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace, to mindfulness and clear comprehension, to vision and… — Gautama Buddha
With function, flow, and form as basis, design is evaluated as a process culminating in an entity which intensifies comprehension. — Ladislav Sutnar
Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension. — Karl Jaspers
The enormity of the universe revealed by science cannot readily be grasped by the human brain, but the music of The Planets enables the mind… — Gustav Holst
The idea of being a rock and roll musician sort of suited my talents and mentality. The freedom was great, but then I found out… — John Lennon

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