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Understanding
«Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.»
Author: Chinese Proverbs
| About:
Education,
Learning,
Life,
Teachers and teaching,
Understanding
| Keywords:
forget, involve, remember, show, Show Me, Tell, Tell Me, understand
«... the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Intelligence,
Pleasure,
Understanding
«Technology is changing our lives. It cannot and will not change what is fundamental to the human condition. It will never change the way we are, or how we feel. The more technology we create, the more we seem confused, side-tracked with what we are conned into believing will improve our lives in the future. Always the future. Anything to get us off thinking about who we are right now, and how we might make our relationships more rewarding and loving. Too many times, all of that is put on hold.»
Author: Robert White
| About:
Happiness,
Inspiration,
Knowledge,
Learning,
Life,
People,
Understanding,
Wisdom
«There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it»
Author: Charles F. Kettering
| About:
Knowledge,
Understanding
| Keywords:
a lot, knowing, understanding
«These days, awareness and three dollars will get you a cappuccino ? no more. As vital as awareness is to the process of improving your life, to suddenly be awake and aware means nothing if you simply leave it at that. Awareness only matters if it impacts my actions.»
«The phrase, ?Seeing is believing,? is often explained as, ?I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it.? In truth, our minds work in the reverse. An accurate description of human perception is: ?I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it.?»
Author: Robert White
| About:
Understanding