Comprehension Quotes

211 Comprehension quotes by 174 unique authors

Death is the end of a stage, not the end of the journey. The road stretches on beyond our comprehension. — Oliver Lodge
History is that form which his imagination seeks comprehension of the living existence of the world in relation to his own life, which he thereby… — Oswald Spengler
All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Each of us has a responsibility for being alive: one responsibility to creation, of which we are a part, another to the creator a debt… — Maya Angelou
The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason. — Martin Luther
Far be it from us to doubt that all number is known to Him 'Whose understanding is infinite' (Ps. 147:5). The infinity of number, though… — Saint Augustine
Fun from games arises out of mastery. It arises out of comprehension. It is the act of solving puzzles that makes games fun. In other… — Raph Koster
The Louvre is the book in which we learn to read. We must not, however, be satisfied with retaining the beautiful formulas of our illustrious… — Paul Cezanne
I try to keep a balance between conceptional or intellectual comprehension and emotional understanding. — Unknown Author
What do we want? What would we be at? What do our souls desire? Is it not that we might have a more full, clear,… — John Owen
The wonderful arrangement and harmony of the cosmos would only originate in the plan of an almighty omniscient being. This is and remains my greatest… — Isaac Newton
It is because the method of physics does not satisfy the comprehension that we have to go on further. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Why, of all places in Johannesburg, the Indian location should be chosen for dumping down all kaffirs of the town, passes my comprehension. Of course,… — Mahatma Gandhi
On this simple unit-system [of building blocks] ruled on the low table-top all these forms were combined by the child into imaginative patter. Design was… — Frank Lloyd Wright
I have no idea why people want to watch puppets be the slightly meaner version of the weirdo holding them. It's beyond my comprehension. — Daniel Tosh
Apathy is one of the characteristic responses of any living organism when it is subjected to stimuli too intense or too complicated to cope with.… — John Dos Passos
I was told, continued Egremont, that an impassable gulf divided the Rich from the Poor; I was told that the Privileged and the People formed… — Benjamin Disraeli
Science bestowed immense new powers on man, and at the same time, created conditions which were largely beyond his comprehension. — Winston Churchill
The adult ought never to mold the child after himself, but should leave him alone and work always from the deepest comprehension of the child… — Maria Montessori
If you once understand an author's character, the comprehension of his writings becomes easy. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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