Ethnography Quote by James P. Spradley

“If we want to engage students in learning, we need to first understand their world.”

— Lynne Schrum

“To gain knowledge, you may simply observe, but to truly understand, you must experience.”

— M.P. Sharma

“Now I realize that the most profound lessons in the world typically come in the simplest of ways. I had to see, suffer, enjoy,…

— Ricky Martin

“This is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.”

— Doris Lessing

“We understand what we want to understand.”

— Susan Meissner

“I am a learner, my desire is to be a good listener and to have a teachable spirit in my life time.”

— Euginia Herlihy

“What I want to get out of my college course is some knowledge of the best way of living life and doing the most…

— L.M. Montgomery

“Do not hope to understand the source of my understanding.”

— Thomas Fitzgerald

“Never mind what I have been taught. Forget about theories and prejudices and stereotypes. I want to understand the true nature of life.”

— Henepola Gunaratana

“The true way for one to understand their life's purpose is for one to truely understand themselves.”

— Shawn Mitchell

“Maybe it's better to live in a world you don't understand, because if you understand it, it becomes unbearable.”

— Tiffany Truitt

“I don't understand, but understanding something isn't a prerequisite to feeling it. We don't have to understand things in order to be affected by…

— Josh James Riebock