Comprehending Quotes

The deepest failures any fiction writer is likely to have are failures of not quite comprehending the truth of the story that he or she is telling.

You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in comprehending Western subjects.

When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little.

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.

Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for comprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.