Quotes About Insight

Respect the people you lie to, Tao had taught her. Steal from them long enough, and you will begin to understand them.

Cleverness never seems quite so impressive when regarded outside the moment

Pattern hummed. "Truth is individual." "What? No it's not. Truth is . . . it's Truth. Reality." "Your truth is what you see," Pattern said, sounding confused. "What else could it be? That is the truth that you spoke to me, the truth that brings power.

La experiencia en sí es la gran maestra, y a ella debéis recurrir sin intermediarios.

I swear, my dear. Sometimes our conversations remind me of a broken sword." She raised an eyebrow. "Sharp as hell," Lightsong said, "but lacking a point.

1. What more do I need to learn and understand about the situation? 2. What more do I need to learn and understand about the other people in the story? 3. What more do I need to learn and understand about myself?

Intuition is not a single way of knowing—it's our ability to hold space for uncertainty and our willingness to trust the many ways we've developed knowledge and insight, including instinct, experience, faith, and reason.

I believe the most useful knowledge about human behavior is based on people's lived experiences.

Acknowledging vulnerability is possible only if we feel we can reach out for support. To do so, we must feel some competence in our relationships." The likelihood of our finding the insight and courage to acknowledge our personal vulnerabilities is dependent on our ability to share and talk about those vulnerabilities with someone we trust and with whom we feel safe.

Knowledge is power and power is never diminished by sharing it—it is only increased.

as someone who thought that knowledge was more important than practice, I found these words to be a call to action.

Knowledge is only rumor until it lives in the bones

empathy is connecting to the feeling under the experience, not the experience itself.

Resilience is often a slow unfolding of understanding.

Carl Jung wrote, "Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Regardless of the complexity of the concepts, studying leadership is way easier than leading.

Maybe stories are just data with a soul

What more do I need to learn and understand about the situation? 2. What more do I need to learn and understand about the other people in the story? 3. What more do I need to learn and understand about myself?

Is wisdom derived from experience more or less valuable than data produced by controlled research? What research should we allow into our professional journals and what should we reject?

Carl Jung argued that a paradox is one of our most valued spiritual possessions and a great witness to the truth.

Realizing that outside factors play a role in our struggles can give us a different lens on our experience.

there are many truths and there are many ways of knowing. Each discovery contributes to our knowledge, and each way of knowing deepens our understanding and adds another dimension to our view of the world….For

perspective is a function of experience.

complexity is one of our greatest teachers.