Comprehension Quotes

211 quotes by 174 authors

I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our… — Freeman Dyson
Time and reflection... modify, little by little, our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us. — Paul Cezanne
Mojo grace means the shocking benevolence of a mysterious force beyond our comprehension. — Rob Brezsny
We use the word "God" as representative of that which is timeless, immortal and infinite, that which produces order, which holds together the nucleus of… — Frederick Lenz
If in the human economy, a squash in the field is worth more than a bushel of soil, that does not mean that food is… — Wendell Berry
When we speak of knowing God, it must be understood with reference to man's limited powers of comprehension. God, as He really is, is far… — John Milton
Life *is* complex, and, in many ways, life *is* beyond our comprehension today...Sometimes important questions have maddeningly complex or inconvenient answers that neither satisfy nor… — Guy P. Harrison
It seems beyond the comprehension of people that someone can be born to draw comic strips, but I think I was. My ambition from earliest… — Charles M. Schulz
It is neither just the religious, the spiritual, the power-hungry, the evil, the ignorant, the corrupt, the Christian, the Muslim, the Hindu, the Buddhist, the… — Criss Jami
Plato long ago pointed out the importance of being governed by men with sufficient sense of responsibility and comprehension of public duties to be very… — George Bernard Shaw
My parents read to me a lot as a kid, and I started writing very early, probably spurred on by Aesop's fables. Then they gave… — Jeff VanderMeer
There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension. — Paul Getty
Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and… — Aleister Crowley
To become a mother is to learn a whole language - to relearn it, perhaps, as it was the tongue to which we were born… — Rachel Cusk
Human life is beyond comprehension. — Friedrich Durrenmatt
If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety. — Rose Kennedy
In a way, film and television are in the same sort of traumatic trance that print journalism is. The technology has outpaced our comprehension of… — Tony Kushner
Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety; and to a… — Maurice Sendak
The central task of science is to arrive, stage by stage, at a clearer comprehension of nature, but this does not at all mean, as… — Lewis Thomas

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