Quotes About Insight

Then you've started down the road to wisdom," Grandpa replied.

Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity.

Two blind men waited at the end of an era, contemplating beauty.

A person knows when they're in darkness, even when they can't see. -Nightblood

People see in stories what they're looking for, my young friend.

Sometimes, the answers we need don't match the questions we're asking.

But even a ninety-year-old blind priest would stop and stare at this woman. If he weren't blind, that is. Dumb metaphor, I thought. I'll have to work on that one. I have trouble with metaphors.

Being in charge isn't always about telling people what to do. Sometimes, it's about knowing when to step out of the way of people who know what they're doing. - Tam al'Thor

So long as we do not depend on the facts entirely, incomplete knowledge is better than complete ignorance. --Egwene al'Vere

Those who truly seek wisdom are those who will acknowledge the virtue in their adversaries and who will learn from those who disabuse them of error.

You can't always write what you know—not exactly what you know. You can, however, write what you see.

We may feel in control, but we never truly are unless we understand people. Controlling our environment is no longer about blocking the wind, it's about knowing why the serving lady was crying last night, or why a particular guard always loses at cards.

Few men have the wisdom to realize when they need help. Fewer still have the strength to go get it.

What I'm trying to say is that you don't understand a man until you understand what makes him do what he does. Every man is a hero in his own story, Princess.

Unapplied knowledge benefited no one.

If you want to know a man, dig in his firepit...Basically, it meant that you could judge a lot about a man's life by what he thew away - or by what he was willing to burn in order to stay warm.

You aren't insane, then." "Heavens no," I said. I eyed her. "You don't accept that." You see people that aren't there Mr. Leeds. It's a difficult fact to get around. "And, yet, I live a good life," I said. "Tell me. Why would you consider me insane, but the man who can't hold a job, who cheats on his wife, who can't keep his temper in check, you call him sane?

I'm so storming clever that half the time, even I can't follow what I'm talking about.

The less we see chaos, and the more we see the pattern , the better we're going to be at understanding just what we fight -- and just how to defeat it.

Sometimes stupid is right," Megan said, then paused. "Hell. I hope nobody ever quotes me on that one.

Now, it's finally time to reveal some secrets.

How did you get to know people so well?" Teft asked. "It involves a lot of cutting them apart," Kaladin said.

Easy to dimiss, perhaps, but difficult to hate.