Quotes about Comprehension

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 4:6,7 NASB

We are only prepared to receive and comprehend the grace of God when we have understood His infinite holiness and our incredible sinfulness.

Fou!" "Who?" "I didn't say 'who'; I said 'fou,' " "I know you did. I said who?" "Who?" "Who's fou?" "Oh, is. By Jove, 'suis'! 'Je suis fou.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Well, first I would ask them if they had read the Bible; then I would ask them if they had understood it.

Not knowing life, how can we know death? Why talk of spirits when you do not understand men?

Knowledge is to be acquired only by a corresponding experience. How can we know what we are told merely? Each man can interpret another's experience only by his own.

Suppose, gentleman, that man is not stupid.

It takes longer for man to find out man than any other creature that is made.

Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace.

Don't give me the peace that passeth understanding, give me understanding.