“We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.”
Novalis
“Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.”
Albert Einstein
“We cannot comprehend what comprehends us.”
Wendell Berry
“Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, such shaping fantasies, that apprehend more than cool reason ever comprehends.”
William Shakespeare
“A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol.”
Charles Horton Cooley
“Do ye not comprehend that we are worms born to bring forth the angelic butterfly that flieth unto judgment without screen?”
Dante Alighieri
“It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.”
Charles Dudley Warner
