understanding Quotes

Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get something that's already been invented and study it until they thoroughly understand it. In some cases, they understand it better than the original inventor.

People talk to people who perceive nothing, who have open eyes and see nothing; they shall talk to them and receive no answer; they shall adore those who have ears and hear nothing; they shall burn lamps for those who do not see.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow.

The length of a man's outspread arms is equal to his height.

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.

Nature never breaks her own laws.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.